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Locality Name:
Power's Farm (Bower Powers Farm; Ryland Crary Farm), Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 7930
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-7930.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Power's Farm (Bower Powers Farm; Ryland Crary Farm), Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Phosphate Vein
Smoky Quartz Vein
Waddell Vein (Waddell Trench)

Latitude: 44°32'30"N
Longitude: 75°1'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.541666666667,-75.016666666667

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 Au B Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Cu Fe H Mg O Si Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperDiaspore
EpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMarcasiteMicaMonaziteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTalcTourmalineZircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dravite  (*)
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gold  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)Talc  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Vermiculite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)21600100003419
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)160010001248738706
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)16001000124873911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS41600100012487395516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)160010002248738,24873927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S1600100012487395707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS216001000124873827198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)8160010000577
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61600100004135
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)160010002248738,248740648
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)2160010000129
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F160010002248738,2487402740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)160010002248738,2487407437
Gold  (*)CopperAu16001000124873830554
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O416001000124873914899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)216001000012537
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21600100012487385674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1600100012487384924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)160010001248739945
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2160010002248738,2487402273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2160010002248738,24874039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2160010003248738,248739,24874061156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS16001000124873821482
Synchysite-(Ce)  (*)NoneCaCe(CO3)2F160010001248738232
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)21600100012487383337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21600100002562
Vermiculite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteMg0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)6(Si,Al)8O20(OH)4·8H2O160010000652
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1600100005251



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedexmvt-0023216001000Mesoproterozoic host rock age   Yes  23993Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USAPierrepontTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 


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