Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mahopac Mines (Hill Mine; German Flats Mine), Carmel, Putnam Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 13415
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13415.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mahopac Mines (Hill Mine; German Flats Mine), Carmel, Putnam Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°23'0"N
Longitude: 73°45'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.383333333333,-73.75

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Humite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc	Titanite

Actinolite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*	Chrysotile ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Magnetite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Humite Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Spinel Talc Titanite

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	285
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1025
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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