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Locality Name:
Town Of Philipstown, Putnam Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 283694
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283694.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Town Of Philipstown, Putnam Co., New York, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Cold Spring
Hudson River
Hustis Farm Locality
Travis Corners

Latitude: 41°24'34"N
Longitude: 73°55'46"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.409444444444,-73.929444444444

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 F Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFluoriteMicaMolybdeniteNickeline
NoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzSerpentineSpinelTitaniteZircon

19 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612484812060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2248483,24848627770
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)42248481,248482951
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63248481,248482,2484864135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)22248482,2484869895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)3248480,248483,2484888173
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212484839617
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124848614640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312484885433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O12484811271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42248485,24848814899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS22248483,2484855800
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212484862273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124848339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812484869056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22248483,24848661156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2248480,2484824899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212484822562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12484835251



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