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Locality Name:
Cold Spring, Town Of Philipstown, Putnam Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 13393
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13393.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cold Spring, Town Of Philipstown, Putnam Co., New York, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cotton Rock
Hustis Quarry
Mount Taurus Quarry (Mt Taurus Quarry; Bull Hill Quarry; Verplanck Quarry)

Latitude: 41°26'12"N
Longitude: 73°56'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.436666666667,-73.936666666667

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 C Ca F Fe H Mg Mo O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFluoriteMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzSerpentineTitaniteZircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Laumontite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612484812060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124848327770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42248481,248482951
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62248481,2484824135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212484829895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12484838173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212484839617
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O12484811271
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212484835800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124848339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124848361156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12484824899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212484822562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12484835251



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