Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Staten Island (Richmond Co.), New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 4015
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-4015.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Staten Island (Richmond Co.), New York, USA": 21
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Clove Lake Park
Four Corners On The Richmond Turnpike
Graniteville Quarry
Grymes Hill (Signal Hill)
Kreischerville
Lincoln Avenue
Manhattan-Staten Island Water Tunnel Rock Dumps
New Dorp Station
Ocean Terrace
Spring Street Artinite Occurrence
St George (Fort Hill; Fort George)
Swan Street
Todt Hill Serpentinite
Tompkinsville
Travis Quarry
Victory Diner Locality

Latitude: 40°36'37"N
Longitude: 74°6'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.610277777778,-74.104444444444

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	Aragonite	Artinite	Beryl	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Garnet	Hydrotalcite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Olivine
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Anthophyllite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Aragonite ()*
Artinite ()*	Augite ()*	Beryl ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chromite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Coalingite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Enstatite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Goethite ()*
Hydromagnesite ()*	Lizardite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyroaurite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stevensite ()*
Stichtite ()*	Talc ()*

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 Be C Ca Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C Fe H Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Aragonite Artinite Beryl Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Garnet Hydrotalcite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Olivine
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tourmaline

37 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	248811,248815,248827	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	248826	2353
Anthophyllite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	248822	718
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	2	248822,248823	708
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	248823	3250
Artinite ()*	Artinite	Mg₂(CO₃)(OH)₂·3H₂O	3	248820,248823,248828	75
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	248811	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	248815	4286
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂	1	248823	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	248815,248823	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	248815	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	2	248812,248823	3902
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	248812,248814,248822	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	248823	1756
Coalingite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₁₀Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₂₄·2H₂O	0		27
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	248815	9895
Enstatite ()*	Pyroxene	Mg₂Si₂O₆	1	248823	944
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	248826	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	0		1188
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	248808,248812	7437
Hydromagnesite ()*	None	Mg₅(CO₃)₄(OH)₂·4H₂O	5	248812,248814,248820,248823,248828	341
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	3	248820,248822,248823	359
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	248823	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	248808,248823	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	248813	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	248815	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	248815,248826	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	248815	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	248813	39462
Pyroaurite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Fe³⁺₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	248823	89
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	248811	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	248808,248811,248812,248826	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	248815	2705
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	248811	21482
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	248823	57
Stichtite ()*	Hydrotalcite	Mg₆Cr₂(CO₃)(OH)₁₆·4H₂O	1	248823	43
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	248812,248823	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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