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Locality Name:
Washington Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23997
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23997.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Washington Co., New York, USA": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Dresden Township
Fort Ann
Granville
Lake George
Putnam

Latitude: 43°33'49"N
Longitude: 73°28'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.563611111111,-73.482222222222

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si W 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
CalciteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparKaoliniteMicaNoneNot in a structural groupPyrite
PyroxeneQuartzScheelite

13 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)Graphite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scheelite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Zoisite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12489368803
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2248935,24893627770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612489434135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12489428173
Graphite  (*)NoneC7248936,248938,248939,248941,248951,248952,2489532812
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)412489465591
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2248944,2489464924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)22248936,24894617380
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23248936,248939,24894139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22248942,24894661156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)12489354894
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512489391516
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12489411025



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