Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Manhattan (New York Co.), New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 19485
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19485.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Manhattan (New York Co.), New York, USA": 51
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 48

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Governors Island
Harlem Ship Canal
Kingsbridge Road Quarries
Manhattan Island
Marble Hill
Roosevelt Island (Welfare Island)
Tubby Hook Occurrences
Wards Island
World Trade Center Site

Latitude: 40°49'41"N
Longitude: 73°56'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.828055555556,-73.938888888889

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Ancylite	Apatite	Aragonite	Autunite	Beryl	Bournonite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Dumortierite	Epidote
Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum	Harmotome	Malachite	Marcasite	Meta-autunite	Mica	Molybdenite
Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Serpentine	Spinel	Staurolite	Talc	Thomsonite	Titanite	Topaz	Tourmaline	Vivianite	Wollastonite
Wurtzite	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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sr Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Ce H O Si Sr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Ancylite Apatite Aragonite Autunite Beryl Bournonite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Dumortierite Epidote
Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Gypsum Harmotome Malachite Marcasite Meta-autunite Mica Molybdenite
Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Olivine Pyrite Pyrophyllite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Serpentine Spinel Staurolite Talc Thomsonite Titanite Topaz Tourmaline Vivianite Wollastonite
Wurtzite Zircon

70 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*	Ancylite-(Ce) ()*
Anthophyllite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Autunite ()*	Azurite ()*	Beryl ()*
Bournonite ()*	Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Dumortierite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*
Grossular ()*	Gypsum ()*	Harmotome ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Kyanite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Meta-autunite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Siderite ()*
Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Staurolite ()*	Talc ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*
Titanite ()*	Topaz ()*	Torbernite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Uraninite ()*
Vivianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	Wurtzite ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	248151,248152,248189	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	5	248154,248165,248183,248184,248189	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	7	248171,248172,248175,248180,248189,248190,248194	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	248149	1627
Ancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	CeSr(CO₃)₂(OH)·H₂O	0		92
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	248151	718
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3	248147,248168,248187	3250
Autunite ()*	Autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·10-12H₂O	2	248149,248189	1272
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	248177	5509
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	4	248153,248167,248180,248189	4286
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	1	248181	1089
Calcioancylite-(Ce) ()*	Ancylite	(Ce,Ca,Sr)(CO₃)(OH,H₂O)	0		46
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	248147,248148,248151,248167,248169,248187,248194,248196	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	248147,248161,248187	27198
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	4	248157,248183,248184,248189	321
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	248151	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	248189	1756
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	2	248165,248189	518
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	248177	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	248189	1008
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	248177	2970
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	6	248147,248148,248167,248169,248187,248196	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	2	248148,248169	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	248187	648
Dumortierite ()*	Dumortierite	AlAl₆BSi₃O₁₈	3	248149,248162,248190	231
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	248189	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	248150	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	248160,248176	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	248150	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	2	248167,248196	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	248189	1544
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	248147,248187	6890
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	1	248149	290
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	248150	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	248189	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	3	248148,248184,248196	1507
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	248149	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	248150,248163,248178	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	248161,248177,248189	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	3	248147,248167,248187	5674
Meta-autunite ()*	Meta-autunite	Ca(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·6H₂O	1	248189	388
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	248157,248165,248189,248190	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	248173	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	248165	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	14	248147,248148,248150,248156,248158,248165,248166,248167,248169,248182,248187,248189,248190,248196	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	248150	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	248189,248190	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	248196	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	8	248147,248148,248165,248167,248169,248183,248187,248196	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	0		771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	4	248147,248148,248169,248187	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	18	248147,248148,248150,248157,248165,248166,248167,248169,248180,248182,248183,248184,248187,248188,248189,248190,248194,248196	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5	248147,248148,248169,248187,248189	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	4	248148,248155,248185,248190	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	248149,248174	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	248196	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2	248164,248188	1214
Staurolite ()*	Staurolite	Fe²⁺₂Al₉Si₄O₂₃(OH)	2	248189,248196	978
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	248147,248187	3337
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	248149	452
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	248148,248189	4899
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	248157	1476
Torbernite ()*	None	Cu(UO₂)₂(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	1	248149	1059
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	5	248147,248148,248151,248187,248196	2562
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	2	248149,248189	2718
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	248186	636
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1	248189	1247
Wurtzite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnS	1	248179	372
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	4	248158,248165,248188,248190	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	248149,248165,248179,248190	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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