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Locality Name:
Gouverneur Talc Company No. 4 Quarry (Valentine Deposit), Diana Township, Lewis Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 15933
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-15933.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gouverneur Talc Company No. 4 Quarry (Valentine Deposit), Diana Township, Lewis Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°7'22"N
Longitude: 75°22'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.122777777778,-75.378333333333
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 Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteApophylliteBaryteBrewsteriteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteGarnetMicaNonePectolitePrehnitePyroxeneQuartz
RhodoniteSpinelWollastonite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Andradite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brewsterite-Ba  (*)
Brewsterite-Sr  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Orientite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Quartz  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)0161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Brewsterite-Ba  (*)BrewsteriteBa(Al2Si6)O16·5H2O09
Brewsterite-Sr  (*)BrewsteriteSr(Al2Si6)O16·5H2O08
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)20309
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)0498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O0303
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O085
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Orientite  (*)NoneCa8Mn3+10(SiO4)3(Si3O10)3(OH)10·4H2O08
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)0363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


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