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Locality Name:
Philips Mine (Philips Pyrite Mine; Anthony's Nose Pyrrhotite Mine), Anthony's Nose, Philipstown Township, Putnam Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 8459
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8459.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Philips Mine (Philips Pyrite Mine; Anthony's Nose Pyrrhotite Mine), Anthony's Nose, Philipstown Township, Putnam Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 41°19'10"N
Longitude: 73°58'41"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.319444444444,-73.978055555556
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 As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti U 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na Ni O P S Si Ti U 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleApatiteAragoniteArsenopyriteBaryteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisite
CopiapiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGypsumLepidocrociteMelanteriteNickeline
NonePentlanditePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelTitanite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Anorthite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)
Augite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copiapite  (*)Edenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gypsum  (*)Hematite  (*)Langite  (*)Lepidocrocite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Melanterite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pentlandite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Titanite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
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)203419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)08803
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)01036
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)03250
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS09052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O602060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copiapite  (*)CopiapiteFe2+Fe3+4(SO4)6(OH)2·20H2O0382
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)20160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)08173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Langite  (*)NoneCu4(SO4)(OH)6·2H2O0593
Lepidocrocite  (*)LepidocrociteFe3+O(OH)0581
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)20238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Melanterite  (*)MelanteriteFe(SO4)·7H2O0915
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)02349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S801512
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718


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