Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sanford Hill Body (Sanford Mine), Tahawus, Newcomb Township, Essex Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 20862
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20862.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sanford Hill Body (Sanford Mine), Tahawus, Newcomb Township, Essex Co., New York, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 44°3'19"N
Longitude: 74°2'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.055277777778,-74.048333333333

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.

Apatite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Lanthanite	Molybdenite
Nickeline	None	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Lanthanite-(La) ()*	Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*
Ulvöspinel ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K La Mg Mo O P S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Lanthanite Molybdenite
Nickeline None Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Spinel

16 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	2740
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Lanthanite-(La) ()*	Lanthanite	La₂(CO₃)₃·8H₂O	10
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1934
Ulvöspinel ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺₂TiO₄	120

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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