Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Queensbury Forge, Orange Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 13426
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13426.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Queensbury Forge, Orange Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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.

Corundum	Garnet	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Spinel

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 Ca Fe Mg O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe Mg O S Si Ti

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum Garnet Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Spinel

6 IMA Minerals at location:

Grossular ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Spinel ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Grossular ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1544
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1516
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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