Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
ZCA Nos. 2 And 3 Mines, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 213385
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-213385.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "ZCA Nos. 2 And 3 Mines, Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Baryte	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Gypsum	None	Sodalite	Sphalerite

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 Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O S Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Baryte Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Gypsum None Sodalite Sphalerite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Haüyne ()*
Lazurite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tremolite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1600	1000	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1600	1000	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1600	1000	27198
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1600	1000	6890
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	1600	1000	158
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	1600	1000	37
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	1000	21482
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	2562

2 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
	sedexmvt-00221	1305	1284	1305-1284 Ma (geological relations)	geological relations						Yes				4026	Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	Balmat	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00446	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic							Yes				4026	Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	Balmat	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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