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Benson's Mines, Benson, Star Lake, St Lawrence Co., New York, USA

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Ref.: Rocks & Min.:12:9; New York State Museum Bull. 223,224, Newland, David H. (July-August 1919), The Mineral Resources of the State of New York: 114. An iron mine located at Benson near Fine. The ore is low-grade magnetite hosted in banded, garnetiferous, pyritic gneiss. 1,500 feet long, 200 feet wide and 20 to 50 feet deep (1937).





Map Reference: 44°10'35"N , 74°59'51"W

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Mineral List:
  		•  Albite
    var: Sunstone
    Description: Sanidine, not albite!
    Reference: [George Robinson & Steven Chamberlain (2007) Gazetteer of major New York State mineral localities. Rocks & Minerals, 82, #6, 472-483.; George Robinson & Steven Chamberlain (2007) Gazetteer of major New York State mineral localities. Rocks & Minerals, 82, #6, 472-483.]
  		•  Almandine
    Fe
    2+
    3
    		Al
     
    2
    		[SiO
     
    4
    		]
     
    3
    Reference: [Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 101, Number 3 / March, 1989 Pages 350-360]
  		•  Chabazite-Ca
    (Ca,K
     
    2
    		,Na
     
    2
    		)
     
    2
    		[Al
     
    2
    		Si
     
    4
    		O
     
    12
    		]
     
    2
    		 · 12H
     
    2
    		O
    Reference: [George Robinson & Steven Chamberlain (2007) Gazetteer of major New York State mineral localities. Rocks & Minerals, 82, #6, 472-483.; George Robinson & Steven Chamberlain (2007) Gazetteer of major New York State mineral localities. Rocks & Minerals, 82, #6, 472-483.]
  		•  Corundum
    Al
     
    2
    		O
     
    3
    Reference: [Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 101, Number 3 / March, 1989 Pages 350-360]
  		•  'Feldspar Group'
    Reference: [New York State Museum Bull. 223,224, Newland, David H. (July-August 1919), The Mineral Resources of the State of New York: 114.]
  		•  Ferrohögbomite-2N2S
    (Fe,Mg,Zn,Al)
     
    3
    		(Al,Ti,Fe)
     
    8
    		O
     
    15
    		(OH)
    Reference: [C. Hejny et al. (2002) Eur. J. Mineral. 14, 957-967; Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 101, Number 3 / March, 1989 Pages 350-360]
  		•  Fluorite
    CaF
     
    2
    Reference: [George Robinson & Steven Chamberlain (2007) Gazetteer of major New York State mineral localities. Rocks & Minerals, 82, #6, 472-483.; George Robinson & Steven Chamberlain (2007) Gazetteer of major New York State mineral localities. Rocks & Minerals, 82, #6, 472-483.]
  		•  'Garnet Group'
    X
     
    3
    		Z
     
    2
    		(TO
     
    4
    		)
     
    3
    		 (X = Ca, Fe, etc·, Z = Al, Cr, etc·, T = Si, As, V)
    Reference: [New York State Museum Bull. 223,224, Newland, David H. (July-August 1919), The Mineral Resources of the State of New York: 114.]
  		•  Hercynite
    FeAl
     
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 101, Number 3 / March, 1989 Pages 350-360]
  		•  Ilmenite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		TiO
     
    3
    Reference: [Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 101, Number 3 / March, 1989 Pages 350-360]
  		•  Isokite
    CaMg[F|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Jaffe, H.W. , Hall, L.M. and Evans, H.T. (1992). "Wagnerite with isokite from the Benson Mines, west central Adirondack higlands, New York." Mineralogical Magazine, 56(2),pp:227-233.]
  		•  Magnetite
    Fe
    2+
     
    		Fe
    3+
    2
    		O
     
    4
    Reference: [Rocks & Min.:12:9.]
  		•  Molybdenite
    MoS
     
    2
    Reference: [George Robinson & Steven Chamberlain (2007) Gazetteer of major New York State mineral localities. Rocks & Minerals, 82, #6, 472-483.; George Robinson & Steven Chamberlain (2007) Gazetteer of major New York State mineral localities. Rocks & Minerals, 82, #6, 472-483.]
  		•  Pyrite
    FeS
     
    2
    Reference: [New York State Museum Bull. 223,224, Newland, David H. (July-August 1919), The Mineral Resources of the State of New York: 114.]
  		•  Rutile
    TiO
     
    2
    Reference: [Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 101, Number 3 / March, 1989 Pages 350-360]
  		•  Sanidine
    K[AlSi
     
    3
    		O
     
    8
    		]
    Description: "Sunstone"
    Reference: [George Robinson & Steven Chamberlain (2007) Gazetteer of major New York State mineral localities. Rocks & Minerals, 82, #6, 472-483.; George Robinson & Steven Chamberlain (2007) Gazetteer of major New York State mineral localities. Rocks & Minerals, 82, #6, 472-483.]
  		•  Scheelite
    Ca[WO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [George Robinson & Steven Chamberlain (2007) Gazetteer of major New York State mineral localities. Rocks & Minerals, 82, #6, 472-483.; George Robinson & Steven Chamberlain (2007) Gazetteer of major New York State mineral localities. Rocks & Minerals, 82, #6, 472-483.]
  		•  Sillimanite
    Al
     
    2
    		[O|SiO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [New York State Museum Bull. 223,224, Newland, David H. (July-August 1919), The Mineral Resources of the State of New York: 114.; Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 101, Number 3 / March, 1989 Pages 350-360]
  		•  Wagnerite
    (Mg,Fe
    2+
     
    		)
     
    2
    		[F|PO
     
    4
    		]
    Reference: [Jaffe, H.W. , Hall, L.M. and Evans, H.T. (1992). "Wagnerite with isokite from the Benson Mines, west central Adirondack higlands, New York." Mineralogical Magazine, 56(2),pp:227-233.]


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