Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mineville Mines (Adirondack Ore Mines; Harmony Bed; Old Bed; New Bed; Upper Works Ore Body; Miller Pit; 21-Joker Bonanza), Mineville, Moriah Township, Mineville District, Essex Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1035
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1009

mindat Locality ID: 294208
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-294208.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mineville Mines (Adirondack Ore Mines; Harmony Bed; Old Bed; New Bed; Upper Works Ore Body; Miller Pit; 21-Joker Bonanza), Mineville, Moriah Township, Mineville District, Essex Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°3'36"N
Longitude: 73°27'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.06,-73.46

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.

Arsenopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel
Titanite

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 As Ca F Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ca F Fe H K Mg O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Clay Corundum Fluorite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel
Titanite

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Arsenopyrite ()*	Augite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Titanite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1035	1009	9052
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1035	1009	2060
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1035	1009	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1035	1009	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1035	1009	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1035	1009	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1035	1009	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1035	1009	61156
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1035	1009	4899

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
	Bradley_2012_051	1035	1009	1022±13	U/Pb			zircon			Yes	Zircon			6417	Mineville, Moriah Township, Mineville District, Essex Co., New York, USA	Mineville	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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