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Locality Name:
Benson Mines, Benson, Star Lake, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA


mindat Locality ID: 8651
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-8651.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benson Mines, Benson, Star Lake, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°10'35"N
Longitude: 74°59'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.176388888889,-74.9975
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 B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Sr Ti U W Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba Be C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Sr Ti U W Zn Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteApatiteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCorundum
CovelliteDiasporeDumortieriteEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetMicaMolybdeniteMonazite
NoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyrophylliteQuartzRutileScheeliteSpinelTitanite
TourmalineVivianiteWagneriteZircon

43 IMA Minerals at location:
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chamosite  (*)Chrysoberyl  (*)
Corundum  (*)Covellite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dumortierite  (*)Ferrohögbomite-2N2S  (*)
Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hercynite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Isokite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrophyllite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Spinel  (*)Strontianite  (*)Uraninite  (*)
Vivianite  (*)Wagnerite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)0706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)302353
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS405516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O0310
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Chamosite  (*)Chlorite Clay(Fe2+,Mg,Al,Fe3+)6(Si,Al)4O10(OH,O)80577
Chrysoberyl  (*)OlivineBeAl2O40321
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O301797
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS04165
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Dumortierite  (*)DumortieriteAlAl6BSi3O180231
Ferrohögbomite-2N2S  (*)None(Fe,Mg,Zn,Al)3(Al,Ti,Fe)8O15(OH)013
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F02740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)07437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O40407
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Isokite  (*)TitaniteCaMg(PO4)F022
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)04924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)0945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2017380
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)202273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrophyllite  (*)Clay PyrophylliteAl2Si4O10(OH)20771
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO205614
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)0598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)04894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)02705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO501516
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)0589
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO202718
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O0636
Wagnerite  (*)WagneriteMg2(PO4)F061
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251


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