Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Minerva Township, Essex Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 208036
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-208036.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Minerva Township, Essex Co., New York, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Minerva
Minerva Lake
Olmstedville

Latitude: 43°47'42"N
Longitude: 73°59'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.795,-73.985277777778

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Feldspar	Garnet	Nickeline	None	Pyroxene	Scapolite	Titanite	Vesuvianite
Wollastonite	Zircon

Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Enstatite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*	Marialite ()*	Meionite ()*	Microcline ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*	Wollastonite ()*	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 C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Feldspar Garnet Nickeline None Pyroxene Scapolite Titanite Vesuvianite
Wollastonite Zircon

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2	247927,247928	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	247925,247927,247928	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	247925	4135
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	247925	944
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	247927,247928	2740
Graphite ()*	None	C	3	247925,247926,247928	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	247928	1544
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	1	247928	139
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)	1	247928	176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	247928	4924
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	247925	9056
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	247925,247928	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀	3	247925,247927,247928	1395
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃	2	247925,247927	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	247925	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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