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Locality Name:
Lyonsdale, Lewis Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1042
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1026

mindat Locality ID: 144480
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-144480.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lyonsdale, Lewis Co., New York, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Moose River Occurrence

Latitude: 43°37'7"N
Longitude: 75°18'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.618611111111,-75.306388888889

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 F Fe H Mg O Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B F Fe H Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BerylKornerupineNoneQuartzRutile

5 IMA Minerals at location:
Cordierite  (*)Kornerupine  (*)Prismatine  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181042102612481111008
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)210421026068
Prismatine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Al,Fe)6Al4(Si,Al)4(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)2210421026124811110
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO210421026124811161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO21042102612481115614



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Bradley_2012_109104210261034±8U/Pb zircon   Zircon  144480Lyonsdale, Lewis Co., New York, USALyonsdale Falls Br.McCauley and Bradley (2014)10.3749/canmin.52.2.183CM52_183 


SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-46Moose River Occurrence, Lyonsdale, Lewis Co., New York, USAhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-26-to-fkm-50/#FKM-46


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