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Locality Name:
Greenfield Township, Saratoga Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 27020
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27020.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Greenfield Township, Saratoga Co., New York, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Flake Graphite Company Mine (Empire Graphite Company Mine)
Greenfield
Greenfield Pegmatite

Latitude: 43°6'14"N
Longitude: 73°50'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.103888888889,-73.848611111111
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 Be C Ca Fe H K Na O Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ClayFeldsparGarnetMicaNoneNot in a structural groupOlivineQuartzTourmaline

9 IMA Minerals at location:
Almandine  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Sillimanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32248567,2485682353
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O42248567,248568321
Graphite  (*)NoneC2248566,2485672812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312485671544
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124856717380
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12485672349
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22248567,24856861156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)2248567,2485682705
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO52248567,2485681516


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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