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Locality Name:
Cascade Slide, Cascade Mountain, Keene Township, Essex Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 25784
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25784.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cascade Slide, Cascade Mountain, Keene Township, Essex Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°13'23"N
Longitude: 73°52'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.223055555556,-73.869444444444
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 B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteClayGarnetHarkeriteMeliliteMicaNickelineNone
OlivinePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelTitaniteVesuvianite
WollastoniteWöhlerite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Åkermanite  (*)Andradite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)Diopside  (*)
Fluorellestadite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)
Harkerite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O7050
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)301534
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F4067
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O604135
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F033
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)01188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)301544
Harkerite  (*)HarkeriteCa48Mg16[AlSi4O15(OH)]4(BO3)16(CO3)16·2(H2O,HCl)011
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)0153
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO30495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS021482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)202562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1001395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO301247


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
FKM-38Cascade Slide, Cascade Mountain, Keene Township, Essex Co., New York, USAhttps://www.rockptx.com/fkm-26-to-fkm-50/#FKM-38

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