Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Niagara Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 16670
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-16670.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Niagara Co., New York, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Erie Canal
Lewiston
Lockport
Niagara Falls
Somerset

Latitude: 43°13'4"N
Longitude: 78°45'19"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.217777777778,-78.755277777778

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.

Allophane	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Fluorite	Gypsum	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Not in a structural group
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite

Anhydrite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Dolomite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Gypsum ()*
Halite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Strontianite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Aragonite Baryte Calcite Fluorite Gypsum Malachite Marcasite None Not in a structural group
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	248243,248246	1588
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	248239	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	248238	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	248241,248242,248243,248246	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	4	248237,248239,248241,248243	1252
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	248238	3531
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	5	248239,248241,248242,248243,248246	9895
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	248241,248246	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	248241,248246	24243
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	5	248239,248241,248242,248243,248246	6890
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1	248247	1398
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	248238	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	248241	5674
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	248241,248242	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	248246	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	248241,248242,248246	21482
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)	1	248241	589

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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