Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Lewis Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1042
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1026

mindat Locality ID: 4014
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4014.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Lewis Co., New York, USA": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Diana Township
Harrisville
Lowville
Lyons Falls (Lyon Falls Pegmatite)
Lyonsdale
Martinsburg Lead Mines
New Bremen
Port Leyden
Porters Corners
Sterlingbush Cave

Latitude: 43°47'39"N
Longitude: 75°24'36"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 43.794166666667,-75.41

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.

Amphibole	Apatite	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Brewsterite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Garnet	Kaolinite
Kornerupine	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene
Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scapolite	Serpentine	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc
Titanite	Wollastonite	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: Ag Al B Ba C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Apophyllite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Brewsterite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite
Columbite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Garnet Kaolinite
Kornerupine Marcasite Mica Molybdenite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene
Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Scapolite Serpentine Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Spinel Talc
Titanite Wollastonite Zircon

52 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*	Babingtonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Brewsterite-Ba ()*	Brewsterite-Sr ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*
Chrysotile ()*	Cordierite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dickite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-actinolite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*
Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Grossular ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kornerupine ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Meionite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Montmorillonite ()*	Orientite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Prismatine ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Wollastonite ()*	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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	248100	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	248100	1534
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)			1	248121	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	248099	2060
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)			1	248100	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)			2	248100,248103	11547
Brewsterite-Ba ()*	Brewsterite	Ba(Al₂Si₆)O₁₆·5H₂O			1	248100	9
Brewsterite-Sr ()*	Brewsterite	Sr(Al₂Si₆)O₁₆·5H₂O			1	248100	8
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			8	248100,248101,248104,248107,248108,248112,248116,248121	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	248100	309
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	248103	951
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1042	1026	1	248111	1008
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			1	248100	498
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	248107	651
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			3	248100,248101,248104	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	248107	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	248100	8173
Ferro-actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_2.5-0.0Fe²⁺_2.5-5.0)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	248104	129
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			2	248100,248104	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O			1	248100	303
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			3	248106,248107,248108	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			1	248112	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	248100	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C			3	248099,248100,248120	2812
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			2	248101,248116	1544
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆			2	248100,248104	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	248100	14640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O			1	248100	85
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	248115	5433
Kornerupine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Fe²⁺,Al, )₁₀(Si,Al,B)₅O₂₁(OH,F)₂	1042	1026	1	248110	68
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	248100,248117	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	248108	5674
Meionite ()*	Scapolite	Ca₄Al₆Si₆O₂₄(CO₃)			2	248102,248104	176
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			2	248100,248104	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	248114	5800
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O			1	248098	1508
Orientite ()*	None	Ca₈Mn³⁺₁₀(SiO₄)₃(Si₃O₁₀)₃(OH)₁₀·4H₂O			1	248100	8
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)			2	248100,248101	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	248100,248101,248104	1898
Prismatine ()*	Kornerupine	(Mg,Al,Fe)₆Al₄(Si,Al)₄(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)₂₂	1042	1026	1	248111	10
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	248107,248112,248117	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1042	1026	9	248099,248100,248101,248103,248104,248107,248111,248116,248118	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1042	1026	2	248104,248111	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈			1	248109	353
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	248115	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1042	1026	0		5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	248112	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	248103	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			3	248101,248104,248116	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	248099,248100	2562
Wollastonite ()*	Wollastonite	CaSiO₃			4	248100,248101,248104,248116	1247
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			2	248099,248104	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
	Bradley_2012_109	1042	1026	1034±8	U/Pb			zircon				Zircon			144480	Lyonsdale, Lewis Co., New York, USA	Lyonsdale Falls Br.	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-46	Moose River Occurrence, Lyonsdale, Lewis Co., New York, USA	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-26-to-fkm-50/#FKM-46

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