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Locality Name:
Town Of Ramapo, Rockland Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 144471
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144471.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Town Of Ramapo, Rockland Co., New York, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Daters Exploration
Daters Mine
Ladentown
Sloatsburg
Wesley Hills

Latitude: 41°10'3"N
Longitude: 74°8'30"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.1675,-74.141666666667
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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na Ni O S Si Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmphiboleAnalcimeCalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteGadoliniteMalachiteMica
NatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePentlanditePrehnitePyrosmaliteQuartzSpinelStilpnomelane
TalcZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)Epidote  (*)Hastingsite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Quartz  (*)Spinel  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Talc  (*)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)212485423419
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12485471627
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12485471588
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124854727770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21248547309
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12485473531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12485432970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1248547498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2248542,2485468173
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21248542209
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44248541,248542,248544,24854614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124854312537
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12485471236
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)1248547363
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812485421512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212485422273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212485471898
Pyrosmalite-(Fe)  (*)Pyrosmalite ClayFe2+8Si6O15(OH)10124854238
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124854761156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412485461934
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1248547456
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212485463337
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12485435251


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