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


mindat Locality ID: 294204
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294204.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Keene Township, Essex Co., New York, USA": 5
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Cascade Mountain
Keene
Keene Valley Airport (Marcy Field)

Latitude: 44°13'53"N
Longitude: 73°48'49"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.231388888889,-73.813611111111
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 Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteClayGarnetHarkeriteMeliliteMicaNickelineNone
OlivinePerovskitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScapoliteSphaleriteSpinelTitanite
VesuvianiteWollastoniteWöhleriteZircon

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Åkermanite  (*)Andradite  (*)Augite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cuspidine  (*)
Diopside  (*)Ferro-pargasite  (*)Fluorellestadite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Gahnite  (*)
Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Harkerite  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Meionite  (*)Monticellite  (*)Perovskite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Åkermanite  (*)MeliliteCa2MgSi2O7124791450
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312479141534
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612479162060
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124791427770
Cuspidine  (*)WöhleriteCa8(Si2O7)2F4124791467
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O62247914,2479154135
Ferro-pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Fe2+4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)2124791554
Fluorellestadite  (*)ApatiteCa5(SiO4)1.5(SO4)1.5F124791433
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12479141188
Gahnite  (*)SpinelZnAl2O41247916445
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124791424243
Graphite  (*)NoneC12479142812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312479141544
Harkerite  (*)HarkeriteCa48Mg16[AlSi4O15(OH)]4(BO3)16(CO3)16·2(H2O,HCl)124791411
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O62247916,247917741
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124791414899
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)1247917176
Monticellite  (*)OlivineCaMg(SiO4)2247913,247914153
Perovskite  (*)PerovskiteCaTiO31247914495
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212479142273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124791439462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812479149056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124791461156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124791421482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412479141934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2247914,2479174899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212479142562
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)1012479141395
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312479141247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12479175251


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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