Mineral Evolution Database

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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

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Gypsum	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

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 ()*

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:
Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Gypsum Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Titanite Zircon

29 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	247786	8803
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	2	247786,247787	1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	247786	2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	247786	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	247767,247786	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	247786	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	247789	3902
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	2	247778,247787	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	247771,247786	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	247787	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2	247764,247786	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	247764,247786	9617
Fluoro-edenite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂Mg₅(Si₇Al)O₂₂F₂	2	247786,247787	27
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	247778	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	247786	6890
Hastingsite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	247786	209
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	247786	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	247786	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	15	247764,247771,247772,247774,247775,247776,247777,247781,247782,247783,247784,247786,247787,247788,247792	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	247764,247786	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	247771,247786	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	247786	2349
Platinum ()*	Copper	Pt	1	247789	485
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	247778,247786	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	247764,247767,247771,247785,247786	61156
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	247778,247786	1516
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	2	247769,247786	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	247786	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	247778,247786	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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