Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hamilton Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 155855
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-155855.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hamilton Co., New York, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Benson
Long Lake
Speculator

Latitude: 44°2'40"N
Longitude: 74°31'14"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.044444444444,-74.520555555556

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.

Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Titanite	Wollastonite

Calcite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Corundum ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kainosite-(Y) ()*	Microcline ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*
Wollastonite ()*

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 K Mg O S Si Ti Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Nickeline None
Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Titanite Wollastonite

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	248032,248034	27770
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	1	248032	577
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	248033,248034	1797
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	248032	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	248032	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	248034	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	248032	14640
Kainosite-(Y) ()*	None	Ca₂Y₂(SiO₃)₄(CO₃)·H₂O	1	248032	99
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	248030	4924
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	248032	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	248034	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	248030,248032	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	248034	5614
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	248033,248034	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	248032	4899
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	248034	1247

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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