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Locality Name:
Clinton Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23781
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23781.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Clinton Co., New York, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Au Sable Forks Iron Mines
Beekmantown
Chazy
Chesterfield Township
Dannemora Township
Lyon Mt.
Plattsburgh
Saranac Valley

Latitude: 44°41'14"N
Longitude: 73°39'6"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.687222222222,-73.651666666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pt S Si Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
GypsumMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTitaniteZircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Augite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluoro-edenite  (*)Graphite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hastingsite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Platinum  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12477868803
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2247786,2477871588
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612477862060
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412477865516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2247767,24778627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124778627198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O412477893902
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62247778,2477874135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2247771,2477868173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21247787271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F2247764,2477862740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22247764,2477869617
Fluoro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F22247786,24778727
Graphite  (*)NoneC12477782812
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12477866890
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21247786209
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124778614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312477865433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O415247764,247771,247772,247774,247775,247776,247777,247781,247782,247783,247784,247786,247787,247788,24779214899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2247764,2477864924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22247771,2477865800
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12477862349
Platinum  (*)CopperPt1247789485
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22247778,24778639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25247764,247767,247771,247785,24778661156
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52247778,2477861516
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)2247769,2477861006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12477864899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2247778,2477865251



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