Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Bear Mountain State Park, Orange Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 872.83
Youngest recorded age at locality: 822.83

mindat Locality ID: 27229
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-27229.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bear Mountain State Park, Orange Co., New York, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Bear Mountain
Brooks Hollow Dam

Latitude: 41°18'45"N
Longitude: 74°'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.3125,-74.006388888889

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.

Apatite	Calcite	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scapolite	Spinel	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 F Fe K Mg O P Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Feldspar Fluorite None Pyroxene Quartz Scapolite Spinel Titanite
Zircon

10 IMA Minerals at location:

Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Meionite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	872.83	822.83	2	248291,248292	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	248292	4135
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	248292	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	872.83	822.83	1	248291	9617
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	872.83	822.83	1	248291	14899
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)			1	248292	176
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	872.83	822.83	1	248291	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	872.83	822.83	1	248291	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	872.83	822.83	1	248291	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	872.83	822.83	1	248291	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	USGS-Rb-Sr-02222	872.83	822.83	847.83±25	Rb-Sr	age of metamorphic crystallization		biotite							13385	Bear Mountain, Bear Mountain State Park, Orange Co., New York, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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