Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Saratoga Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1118
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1062

mindat Locality ID: 16450
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16450.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Saratoga Co., New York, USA": 30
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Batchellerville
Corinth
Day
Day Township
Edinburg Township
Greenfield Township
Overlook
Saratoga Springs
Wilton Township

Latitude: 43°12'42"N
Longitude: 73°54'53"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.211666666667,-73.914722222222

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.

Apatite	Aragonite	Beryl	Calcite	Cerite	Clay	Columbite	Dumortierite	Feldspar	Fluorite
Garnet	Mica	Monazite	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Scheelite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Tourmaline	Wavellite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Aragonite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerussite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Polycrase-(Y) ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Thorite ()*	Uraninite ()*	Uranophane-α ()*	Wavellite ()*
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 B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K La Mg Na Nb O P Pb S Si Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Aragonite Beryl Calcite Cerite Clay Columbite Dumortierite Feldspar Fluorite
Garnet Mica Monazite None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Quartz Scheelite Sphalerite
Spinel Tourmaline Wavellite Zircon

31 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			3	248561,248563,248570	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			5	248554,248561,248563,248567,248568	2353
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	248572	3250
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1118	1062	4	248550,248551,248562,248563	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	248572	27770
Cerite-(Ce) ()*	Cerite	(Ce₇Ca₂) Mg(SiO₄)₃(SiO₃OH)₄(OH)₃			1	248564	47
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)			1	248572	4979
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1118	1062	5	248550,248562,248563,248567,248568	321
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	248572	9895
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	1118	1062	3	248550,248562,248563	231
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄			1	248570	196
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	248570	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			2	248561,248563	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C			4	248559,248566,248567,248578	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	248567	1544
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1118	1062	7	248550,248553,248555,248559,248562,248563,248570	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			3	248561,248563,248570	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1118	1062	7	248550,248551,248555,248562,248563,248567,248570	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	248555,248567	2349
Polycrase-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(Ti,Nb)₂(O,OH)₆			2	248555,248570	121
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			1	248559	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1118	1062	10	248550,248551,248553,248555,248562,248563,248567,248568,248570,248572	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			5	248561,248563,248567,248568,248570	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1118	1062	5	248550,248562,248563,248567,248568	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			2	248571,248572	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			1	248559	1934
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			2	248555,248570	1006
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂			3	248563,248564,248570	2718
Uranophane-α ()*	None	Ca(UO₂)₂(SiO₃OH)₂·5H₂O			1	248554	890
Wavellite ()*	Wavellite	Al₃(PO₄)₂(OH)₃·5H₂O			1	248556	374
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			3	248561,248563,248570	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_053	1118	1062	1090±28	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			158589	Batchellerville, Saratoga Co., New York, USA	Batchellerville	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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