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:
West Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1400
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1400

mindat Locality ID: 14213
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-14213.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Selleck Road Locality (Selleck Road Tremolite Locality)
ZCA West Pierrepont Mine

Latitude: 44°29'30"N
Longitude: 75°2'20"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.491666666667,-75.038888888889

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.

Allanite	Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Heulandite	Malachite	Mica	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scapolite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Talc	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*
Fluor-uvite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marialite ()*	Microcline ()*	Phlogopite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca Ce Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Heulandite Malachite Mica None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Scapolite Sphalerite Spinel
Talc Tourmaline

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	248804	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	248804	706
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1400	1400	2	248804,248805	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	248804	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	248804	4135
Fluor-uvite ()*	Tourmaline	CaMg₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F			1	248804	19
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	248804	2740
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	248804	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1400	1400	1	248805	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O			1	248804	246
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1400	1400	1	248805	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂			1	248804	12537
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl			1	248804	139
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	248804	4924
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			1	248804	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1400	1400	3	248804,248805,248806	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			1	248804	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1400	1400	1	248805	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	248804	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	248804	2562

1 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
	sedznpb-00483	1400	1400	Mesoproterozoic (Helikian)											158616	ZCA West Pierrepont Mine, West Pierrepont, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA	Pierrepont	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

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