Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Ossining (Sing Sing), Westchester Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 5708
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5708.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ossining (Sing Sing), Westchester Co., New York, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Briarcliff Manor (Whitson)
New York City Aquaduct Openings
Prison Quarry
Sparta Mine

Latitude: 41°9'22"N
Longitude: 73°51'43"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.156111111111,-73.861944444444

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Harmotome	Heulandite	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Talc	Titanite

Anglesite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Cerussite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*	Harmotome ()*
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Malachite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*
Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Titanite ()*
Tremolite ()*	Vanadinite ()*	Vauquelinite ()*	Wulfenite ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti V Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Aragonite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Epidote Feldspar Harmotome Heulandite Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pectolite
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Serpentine Sphalerite Talc Titanite

34 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Anglesite ()*	Baryte	Pb(SO₄)	1	249013	2734
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	249013	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	249010	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	1	249010	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	249010,249012,249013	27770
Cerussite ()*	Aragonite	Pb(CO₃)	1	249013	4979
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	249013	27198
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	249010	1756
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	0		4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	249012	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	249013	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C	0		2812
Harmotome ()*	Harmotome	Ba₂(Si₁₂Al₄)O₃₂·12H₂O	2	249010,249011	290
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	0		246
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	249013	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	0		17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	2	249010,249011	363
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	249010,249012,249013	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	0		3106
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	249013	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	249010,249012	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	3	249010,249011,249012	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	249013	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	0		21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	249012	3337
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	0		4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562
Vanadinite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(VO₄)₃Cl	1	249013	605
Vauquelinite ()*	None	CuPb₂(CrO₄)(PO₄)(OH)	1	249013	63
Wulfenite ()*	Scheelite	PbMoO₄	1	249013	1655

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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