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:
ZCA No. 4 Mine (St Joe Mine), Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1600
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1000

mindat Locality ID: 5833
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5833.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "ZCA No. 4 Mine (St Joe Mine), Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°16'21"N
Longitude: 75°24'11"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.2725,-75.403055555556

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	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Ktenasite	None	Not in a structural group
Phenakite	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Tetrahedrite	Tourmaline

Anhydrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clino-suenoite ()*	Dolomite ()*	Donpeacorite ()*	Dravite ()*	Halite ()*
Haüyne ()*	Lazurite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Namuwite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tremolite ()*	Turneaureite ()*	Willemite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As B Ba C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mg Mn Na O S Sb Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Baryte Braunite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Ktenasite None Not in a structural group
Phenakite Pyroxene Rocksalt Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Tetrahedrite Tourmaline

19 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1600	1000	1588
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1600	1000	11547
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1600	1000	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1600	1000	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1600	1000	27198
Clino-suenoite ()*	Amphibole	Mn²⁺₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	57
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1600	1000	9895
Donpeacorite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mn,Mg)MgSi₂O₆	1600	1000	4
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1600	1000	648
Halite ()*	Rocksalt	NaCl	1600	1000	1398
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	1600	1000	158
Lazurite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₇Ca(Al₆Si₆O₂₄)(SO₄)(S₃)^1-·H₂O	1600	1000	37
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1600	1000	14899
Namuwite ()*	Ktenasite	Zn₄(SO₄)(OH)₆·4H₂O	1600	1000	58
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1600	1000	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1600	1000	5317
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1600	1000	2562
Turneaureite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(AsO₄)₃Cl	1600	1000	7
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄	1600	1000	303

2 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
	sedexmvt-00221	1305	1284	1305-1284 Ma (geological relations)	geological relations						Yes				4026	Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	Balmat	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00446	1600	1000	Mesoproterozoic							Yes				4026	Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	Balmat	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
FKM-122	ZCA No. 4 Mine (St Joe Mine), Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	https://www.rockptx.com/fkm-101-to-fkm-125/#FKM-122
R080025	ZCA No. 4 Mine (St Joe Mine), Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	https://rruff.info/R080025
R070758	ZCA No. 4 Mine (St Joe Mine), Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	https://rruff.info/R070758

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