Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bigelow, De Kalb Township, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA

mindat Locality ID: 29324
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29324.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bigelow, De Kalb Township, St. Lawrence Co., New York, USA": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Alexander Parr Farm
Henricks Shaft
Mitchell Prospect
Road Cut
Styles Shaft
West Bigelow Mine

Latitude: 44°26'27"N
Longitude: 75°20'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 44.440833333333,-75.3425

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.

Amorphous	Apatite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Fluorite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Talc	Tourmaline

Calcite ()*	Dravite ()*	Fluor-uvite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Opal ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Apatite Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Fluorite Marcasite Mica Nickeline
None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Talc Tourmaline

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	248634,248636	27770
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	248634	648
Fluor-uvite ()*	Tourmaline	CaMg₃(Al₅Mg)(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃F	1	248634	19
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	248634	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	248634,248636	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	248636	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	248634	7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	248634	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	248634	14640
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	248634	5674
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	248634	2994
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	248634	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	248632,248633,248634,248635	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	2	248631,248633	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	248634	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	248634	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	248636	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	248634	3337

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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