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:
Herkimer Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4010
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4010.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Herkimer Co., New York, USA": 23
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 13

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Little Falls
Town Of Danube
Town Of Fairfield
Town Of German Flatts
Town Of Manheim
Town Of Newport
Town Of Salisbury
Town Of Stark
Town Of Webb

Latitude: 43°3'12"N
Longitude: 74°54'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.053333333333,-74.904444444444

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.

Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Diaspore	Marcasite	None	Perovskite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite

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: Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Pb S Si Sr Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Diaspore Marcasite None Perovskite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Celestine ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Perovskite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	248041	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	248037,248038,248044,248047,248048,248049,248050,248053	27770
Celestine ()*	Baryte	Sr(SO₄)	1	248055	1252
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	248053	27198
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	6	248037,248038,248047,248048,248049,248050	9895
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	248053	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	248038	7437
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	248038	5674
Perovskite ()*	Perovskite	CaTiO₃	1	248045	495
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	248038,248053	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	248038,248040,248047,248048,248049,248050,248051,248053	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	248053	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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