Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Syracuse, Onondaga Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 16639
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16639.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Marcellus Shale

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Mica	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel

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 Ba C Ca Cr Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Cr Fe H K Mg O Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Clay Mica None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite
Spinel

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Dolomite ()*
Perovskite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Vermiculite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	248274	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	248274	27770
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	0		3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		951
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	248274	9895
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	0		495
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	248274	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	248274	61156
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	0		652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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