Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chateaugay Iron Mines, Lyon Mt., Clinton Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 158553
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158553.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chateaugay Iron Mines, Lyon Mt., Clinton Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°43'1"N
Longitude: 73°54'38"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.716944444444,-73.910555555556

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	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum
Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Fluoro-edenite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hastingsite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Thorite ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Mo Na O P S Si Th Ti Zr

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum
Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Titanite Zircon

24 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Fluoro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂F₂	27
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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