Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1230
Youngest recorded age at locality: 930

mindat Locality ID: 20595
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20595.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 19
Child Localities:
Amasa Corbin Mine
Beaman Road
Corrigan Mckinney Quarry
Cream Of The Valley Road
Davidson Marble Company Quarry (Davidson Brothers Quarry)
Elmsdale
Empire State Marble Quarry (Empire Quarry)
Gouverneur Garnet Mine (Gouverneur Garnet And Lead Mining Co Mine)
Gouverneur Marble Company Quarry
Hurlbut Farm
Little Bow Road
Northern New York Marble Co. Quarry (Northern Quarry)
Quarry Road Marble Quarries
Reese Farm (Dale Bush Farm; Jones Farm)
Rock Island Road Roadcut
Rylestone Marble Quarry
Seavey Road Quarry (Imery Marble Quarry)
St Lawrence Marble Co Quarry
Sylvia Lake

Latitude: 44°20'30"N
Longitude: 75°28'27"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.341666666667,-75.474166666667

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet
Humite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scapolite	Sepiolite
Sphalerite	Sulphur	Titanite	Tourmaline	Zircon

Almandine ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluor-dravite ()*	Fluor-uvite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Marialite ()*
Meionite ()*	Microcline ()*	Norbergite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sepiolite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sulphur ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cl Fe H Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet
Humite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scapolite Sepiolite
Sphalerite Sulphur Titanite Tourmaline Zircon

28 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
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	248675	2353
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	248668,248682	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			11	248668,248669,248671,248673,248676,248679,248680,248681,248683,248684,248685	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	248681,248684	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	248668	9895
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1230	930	0		271
Fluor-dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F			1	248670	8
Fluor-uvite ()*	Tourmaline	CaMg₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F			1	248681	19
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			2	248670,248681	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	248673	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	248668,248670	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1230	930	0		2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	248687	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	248683	5674
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1230	930	0		139
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1230	930	0		176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	248670	4924
Norbergite ()*	Humite	Mg₃(SiO₄)F₂			1	248684	37
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			3	248670,248681,248684	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			4	248668,248681,248684,248687	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	248681	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	248668,248670,248675,248677,248681,248687	61156
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	1230	930	0		241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	248687	21482
Sulphur ()*	Sulphur	S			1	248681	2045
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	248670	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			3	248670,248677,248681	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	248670	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
	USGS-Rb-Sr-01684	1230	930	1080±150	Rb-Sr	minimum age of intrusion		k-feldspar							248755	Little Bow Road, Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040043	Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	https://rruff.info/R040043
R040113	Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	https://rruff.info/R040113
R040045	Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	https://rruff.info/R040045
X050167	Gouverneur, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	https://rruff.info/X050167

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