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Locality Name:
Lake Mombasha, Town Of Monroe, Orange Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 25073
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25073.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lake Mombasha, Town Of Monroe, Orange Co., New York, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Forshee Mine
Mombasha Mine
O'Neil Mine (Nail Mine)

Latitude: 41°16'53"N
Longitude: 74°11'35"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.281388888889,-74.193055555556
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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Ni O S Si Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAragoniteCalciteClayClinozoisiteDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparHumiteMolybdenite
NickelineNoneOlivinePentlanditePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSpinelZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Augite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Clinoenstatite  (*)Diopside  (*)Epidote  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hastingsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Pentlandite  (*)Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)Potassic-pargasite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Spinel  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212483423419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12483428803
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41248342708
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12483423250
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612483422060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124834227770
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F21248342285
Clinoenstatite  (*)PyroxeneMg2Si2O6124834294
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612483424135
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12483428173
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)1248342371
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12483427437
Hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21248342209
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43248340,248341,24834214899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212483425800
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S812483421512
Potassic-chloro-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22Cl212483429
Potassic-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleKCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)212483429
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812483429056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124834061156
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412483421934
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212483422562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12483425251


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