Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Jefferson Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1171.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 992.5

mindat Locality ID: 20735
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20735.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jefferson Co., New York, USA": 37
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Adams Center
Alexandria Bay
Alexandria Township
Antwerp
Black River
Brownville
Chaumont
Depauville
Oxbow
Philadelphia
Redwood
Sacketts Harbor
Theresa Township
Wilna Township

Latitude: 44°9'4"N
Longitude: 75°50'13"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.151111111111,-75.836944444444

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore
Feldspar	Fluorite	Hydrotalcite	Malachite	Mica	Millerite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Baryte ()*	Cacoxenite ()*	Calcite ()*
Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Hydrotalcite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Meionite ()*
Microcline ()*	Millerite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pargasite ()*	Pecoraite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*
Siderite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Strontianite ()*	Talc ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*

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 Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C H Mg O

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Corundum Diaspore
Feldspar Fluorite Hydrotalcite Malachite Mica Millerite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rocksalt Scapolite Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite
Wollastonite

39 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
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	248072	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1171.9	992.5	1	248094	2060
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			5	248061,248072,248075,248086,248095	11547
Cacoxenite ()*	None	Fe³⁺₂₄AlO₆(PO₄)₁₇(OH)₁₂·75H₂O			1	248067	280
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			11	248061,248064,248066,248069,248072,248073,248077,248083,248090,248092,248095	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)			4	248074,248075,248076,248091	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	248072	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈			1	248067	577
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1171.9	992.5	2	248064,248094	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			2	248067,248072	9895
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	248092	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			4	248061,248080,248090,248091	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	248066,248083	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	248072	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			7	248067,248068,248070,248071,248072,248082,248089	14640
Hydrotalcite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Al₂CO₃(OH)₁₆(H₂O)₄	1171.9	992.5	0		87
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	248064	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	248072	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			2	248072,248089	12537
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1171.9	992.5	1	248096	176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	248064	4924
Millerite ()*	Millerite	NiS			1	248072	1066
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1171.9	992.5	1	248096	17380
Pargasite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₄Al)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	248067	313
Pecoraite ()*	Clay Serpentine	Ni₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	248072	40
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	248080,248089	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			5	248070,248071,248072,248078,248079	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	248079	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1171.9	992.5	4	248072,248094,248095,248096	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	248064	2705
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)			1	248072	6417
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	248072	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄			2	248069,248080	1934
Strontianite ()*	Aragonite	Sr(CO₃)			1	248090	589
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	248072	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1171.9	992.5	2	248067,248094	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1171.9	992.5	2	248067,248094	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			2	248067,248080	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	1171.9	992.5	1	248094	1247

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Reference	Reference ID
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00349_206_238	1042.5	992.5	1017.5±25	206_238	zircon	Zircon	185681	Natural Bridge Gieseckite Locality, Natural Bridge, Wilna Township, Jefferson Co., New York, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00349_207_206	1171.9	1071.9	1121.9±50	207_206	zircon	Zircon	185681	Natural Bridge Gieseckite Locality, Natural Bridge, Wilna Township, Jefferson Co., New York, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb
USGS-U-Th-Pb-00349_207_235	1071.2	1031.2	1051.2±20	207_235	zircon	Zircon	185681	Natural Bridge Gieseckite Locality, Natural Bridge, Wilna Township, Jefferson Co., New York, USA	USGS-U-Th-Pb	USGS-U-Th-Pb

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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