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Locality Name:
Washington Heights, Manhattan Island, Manhattan (New York Co.), New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 13350
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13350.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Washington Heights, Manhattan Island, Manhattan (New York Co.), New York, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Fort George (192nd Street & Audubon Avenue)
Fort Washington Avenue & 171st Street
Fort Washington Avenue & 181st Street

Latitude: 40°51'2"N
Longitude: 73°56'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.850555555556,-73.935
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B Be C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O P Si Ti U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Mn O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAutuniteBerylChloriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteCorundumDumortieriteEpidote
FeldsparFluoriteGarnetMalachiteMeta-autuniteMicaNoneOlivineQuartzRutile
StauroliteTitaniteTourmalineWollastoniteZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Autunite  (*)Beryl  (*)
Chrysoberyl  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)Cordierite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Grossular  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Meta-autunite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Schorl  (*)Spessartine  (*)Staurolite  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212481893419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12481898803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32248189,2481902353
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12481891272
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O1812481894286
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O41248189321
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812481891756
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O61248189518
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O1812481891008
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O181248190231
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12481898173
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312481891544
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312481895433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124818912537
Meta-autunite  (*)Meta-autuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·6H2O1248189388
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2248189,2481904924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22248189,24819017380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2248189,2481902349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22248189,24819061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212481895614
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12481902705
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)301214
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1248189978
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12481894899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212481892718
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312481891247
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)1248190939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12481905251


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