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Biotite from
Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA


Classification
Species:'Biotite' (not an IMA approved species)
Formula:K(Fe2+/Mg)2(Al/Fe3+/Mg/Ti)([Si/Al/Fe]2Si2O10)(OH/F)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Biotite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Balmat, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:655757
Long-form Identifier:1:3:655757:7
GUID (UUID V4):ec1c41e9-3e77-439c-a8b7-77c7ceb4e3ce
Nearest other occurrences of Biotite
6.3km (3.9 miles) Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
14.2km (8.8 miles) Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) Downing farm (Hickory Lake), Macomb, Macomb Township, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
29.4km (18.3 miles) Clifton Mines, Clifton, Magnetite Mining District, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
35.6km (22.1 miles) St. Joe Resources Company drillhole 1872, Russell Township, St. Lawrence County, New York, USA
60.5km (37.6 miles) Black Rapids Mine, Lyndhurst area (Black Rapids area), Lansdowne Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
76.8km (47.7 miles) Troy Lake occurrence, South Crosby Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
80.6km (50.1 miles) Highway 15 km 68.9 roadcut, Bastard Township, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
81.7km (50.8 miles) Westport Quadrangle, Leeds and Grenville Counties, Ontario, Canada
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for Fluid-Assisted Ore Remobilization at the Balmat Zinc Mine, NY Peter Matt, Wayne Powell, Ryan Mathur...for Fluid-Assisted Ore Remobilization at the Balmat Zinc Mine, NY, Ore Geology Reviews (2019), doi: https://doi...for Fluid-Assisted Ore Remobilization at the Balmat Zinc Mine, NY Peter Matt (1), Wayne Powell (1,2),...Graduate Center at CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA; petermatt49@gmail.com 2) Department of...11210, USA 3) Department of Geology, Juniata College, 1700 Moore St., Huntingdon, PA 16652, USA 4) 1 Indian
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
4T-EDW.4RDS ZINC DEPOSITS, NORTHWEST NEW .4DIROND.4CK LOWL.4NDS, YORK Stratabound zinc sulfide deposits...position of this unit is uncertain, it is considered New York are found in an area of predominantly here to...gneiss(lower gneiss,Fig. near the villagesof Balmat and Edwards, and lie in 1). Initially interpreted to...1929), this rock underlainby a thick sequenceof biotite and granite is now thoughtto be a widespreadand...are isothe marble near Gouverneurunderlyingthe biotite clinal; secondperiodfolds (F2) alsotrend northeast
Book
MtN€RfllS of New Vork Stole David €. Jensen Includes 16 pages of minerals in full color jgS0% MIN6RRLS... MIN6RRLS of New Vork State David E. Jensen up WARD PRESS Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc...Inc. Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David E. Jensen All rights reserved...Harold L. Ailing's the mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State. While obtainu University...Kay Preface This report on the Minerals of New York State is partially a sum­ mary of published knowledge
Book
T TLIBRAr 3 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...Harold L. Alling's geology students on a trip to the mining districts and the high peaks of the Adirondack...blossomed into a lifetime interest in the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at...the outline of New York State is LABRADORJTE from the Saranac Lake area. of New York State David E.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
AND 1936 PRIMARY THE ZINC MINE No. 3 MINERALIZATION AT BALMAT, OF NEW YORK. x JOHN S. BROWN. CONTENTS................................. Problemsof the district .................................... General Geology................................................. Balmat Mine ............................................257 INTRODUCTION. History. Ax Edwards, St. LawrenceCo., New York, a zinc mine has been operatedsinceI9•5...Institute of Mining Engineers,joint meeting,New York, February,•935. Publishedby permission of St. Joseph
Report (volume)
Sphalerite Occurrence in the Northwest Adirondacks, New York GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1519 Geology...Sphalerite Occurrence in the Northwest Adirondacks, New York By MICHAEL P. FOOSE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN...BULLETIN 1519 Discussion of a stratabound zinc occurrence, its geochemical expression in soil and rock...rock, and its regional implications for other zinc occurrences in the northwest Adirondacks UNITED STATES...sphalerite occurrence in the northwest Adirondacks, New York. (Geological Survey bulletin ; 1519) Includes
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Sulfide and Silicate Anatexis in the Balmat Zinc Deposit (New York, USA) and its Implications for Ore Remobilization...Sulfide and Silicate Anatexis in the Balmat Zinc Deposit (New York, USA) and its Implications for Ore Remobilization... Sulfide and Silicate Anatexis in the Balmat Zinc Deposit (New York, USA) and its Implications for Ore Remobilization...Graduate Center at CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10016, USA b Department of Earth and Environmental...NY 11210, USA, wpowell@brooklyn.cuny.edu c 1 Indian Head Trail, Gouverneur, NY 13642, USA, wdellie@gmail
Report (issue)
deposits of the BaImat--Edwards district, northwest Adirondack Mountains, New York .; ; 3 )(:), 31 2 4...talc deposits of the Balmat-Edwards district, northwest Adirondack Mountains, New York, by A. E. J. Engel...Abstract Introduction Location and importance of the district Purpose and scope Acknowledgments Geologic setting...and metamorphism in the Adirondacks Rocks of the district Introduction Marble Distribution and outcrop pattern...pattern /.I Contents (Cbnt'd.) Page Rocks of the district (Cont'd.) Marble (Cont'd.) Evolution of lithologic
Report (volume)
Tourmaline-Rich Rocks in the Grenville Complex of St. Lawrence County, New York U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1626-C...Tourmaline-Rich Rocks in the Grenville Complex of St. Lawrence County, New York By C. ERVIN BROWN and ROBERT A. AYUSO...C22 Discussion C25 Comparison with the Balmat-Edwards district C29 Tourmaline genesis in the North Gouverneur...References cited C31 FIGURES 1. Index map of St. Lawrence County, N.Y. C2 2. Generalized geologic map showing...elements in rocks from the North Gouverneur area, New York C8 6. TiO2-FeO/(FeO + MgO) plot for tourmalines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N E...E R A L LOC A L I T I E S N ew York State is rich in minerals of interest to collectors. A number of...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on
Book
MINERALS OF THE ST. LAWRENCE VALLEY BY GEORGE ROBINSON & SCHUYLER ALVERSON $2.50 In s£> * t•... For many years the mines and fields of St. Lawrence County have furnished museums and many lucky mineral...have been depleted through the the years, St. Lawrence County continues to supply many beautiful specimens...collecting sites at the present time. Potsdam, New York February, 1971 George W. Robinson Schuyler \Y...rock types and mineralized zones of the St, Lawrence County area, A detailed discussion of the geology
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
NATURE AND ORIGIN ST. LAWRENCE OF THE PYRITE AND JEFFERSON NEW YORK DEPOSITS OF COUNTIES,............ 352 ABSTRACT In St. Lawrenceand JeffersonCounties,New York, thereare 19 known occurrences...Lowlandsregionof the northwestAdirondacks,southeastof the St. Lawrence River. The bedrockis principally PrecambrianGrenville...feetthick in the Lowlandsregion. The earliestpyrite mining in the region was in 1883-4 at the Stella mine;...beenproduced. • Publishedby permissionof the Director, New York State Museum and ScienceService, Journal Series
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Franklin, New Jersey, and the Relationship between Stratiform Iron Oxide Ores and Stratiform Zinc Oxide-Silicate...Oxide-Silicate Ores in the New Jersey Highlands CRAIG A. JOHNSON† U.S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS 963...Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 Abstract The New Jersey Highlands terrane, which...northeastern United States, contains stratiform zinc oxide-silicate deposits at Franklin and Sterling...numerous massive magnetite deposits. The origins of the zinc and magnetite deposits have rarely been considered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ZincandIronMetallogeny in theManiwaki-Gracefield District, SouthwesternQuebec* MICHEL GAUTHIER** AND ALEX...Station"A," Montreal,QuebecH3C 3A7, Canada Abstract Zinc andirondepositsin the GrenvilleSupergroup metasedimentary...the economicallyimportantBalmatEdwardsdistrictof New YorkState.The mineralization is stratiform,it isconsistently...dolomiticmarbleunits,andit hasagessimilarto the New York deposits('-' 1,200-1,300 m.y.). At leasttwo phasesof...stratigraphic positions whichare laterallyequivalentto the zinc mineralization, andconsequently the iron-formations
Report (issue)
the Balmat-Edwards (Gouverneur) mining district in the northwestern Adirondack Mountains, New York 2....Grenville series of the northwestern Adirondacks, New York 4: Generalized map of parts of the Sylvia Lake-Cedar...textural features of granitic gneiss and quartz-biotite-oligoclase gneiss. For specific modal values see...longitudinal profiles of several major folds in the district. These profiles are drawn along the axial planes...development of structural features in the Balmat-Edwards district Illustrations (long list) Cont'd. Figures
Report (issue)
data 10- from part of the northwest Adirondacks, New York 11 by 12 Michael P. Foose D ..a"*"" anc^...magnetic data from part of the Northwest Adirondacks, New York by Michael P. Foose and C. Ervin Brown U. S. Geological...Synthesis of recent work in the NW Adirondacks, New York allows the development of a coherent geologic...W7-IOO Introduction Within the NW Adirondacks, New York, a striking correlation exists between patterns...present. Interpre^ tation of the marbles near Balmat and Edwards, which is perhaps the most controversial
Report (issue)
New York State Museum Bulletin Published by The of the University No. 259 State of New York N...N. Y. ALBANY, May 1925 New York State Museum John M. GEOLOGY OF Clarke, Director THE GOUVERNEUR... STATE mineral OF NEW YORK THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK Regents of the University...Yonkers New York Syracuse - - - Jamaica 1926 Roland B. Woodward B.A. Frank Albany -New York - -...Vocational and Extension Education, Lewis A. Wilson New York State Museum Bulletin Published by The of the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
names and prefixes established by the Commission on New Minerals, Nomenclature and Classification (CNMNC)...their efforts should not be New York State Museum minimized. Albany, New York 12230 In this article, I hope...display case of the “Amphiboles of New York” exhibition at the New York State Museum; Marian Lupulescu photo...the use of the new amphibole nomenclature is really not so complicated, and that the new names and prefixes...Leake 2004; Bayliss, Kaesz, and Nickel 2005). The New York State Museum has a large and beautiful collection
Report (volume)
' ' . to- New _Talc ·Deposit in ~ St. Lawrence C.Ounty·, ,New /York · I ., ' ' ' I I, I \... ,_-, I ,~ ' ( t.' New Talc Deposit in St. Lawrence County New York By C. ERVIN BROWN CONTRIBUTIONS...Tovvnship, St. Lavvrence County, N.Y _____ In pocket FIGURE 1. Index map of Nevv York State shovving St. Lavvrence...Lavvrence County and the area of this report ___________________ D3 2. Diagrammatic sketch of the De Kalb-Gouverneur...rock from deposit in De Kalb Tovvnship, St. Lavvrence County, ~.Y ----------------------------------------------III
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SERIES IN THE NORTHWEST ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS, NEW YORK PART II: ORIGIN AND METAMORPHISM OF THE MAJOR...structure probably lies just northwest of the St. Lawrence River in the Brockville-Mallorytown-Kingston...granoblastic, faintly foliated, quartz-greenish biotite-oligoclase gneiss in which the ratio of NajO/KjO...pegmatites. The simple assemblage quartz-greenish biotite-oligoclase, found principally in those areas farthest...This rock type is abundant northwest of Hyatt, New York, in that segment of the gneiss farthest from the
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
THE PRECAMBRIAN MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY A. F. BUDDINGTON CONTENTS PAGE Abstract............ Magnetiteoresof the HighlandsBelt in New Jersey....................... Edisondeposits.......the Adirondackarea and the Highlandsbelt of New York and New Jerseyare reviewedwith discussion of examplespertinentto...magnetiteconcentrations in the Adirondackandthe New Jersey-NewYork Highlandsareasand on their region...round.This paper presents •_ COUNTY ESSEX 44 • ""7 "•COUNTY¾.• ½4• \ AO,.O.OA'CK A.A :
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
EconormcGeology Vol. 79, 1984, pp. 239-265 The Balmat-EdwardsZinc-Lead Deposits SynsedimentaryOre from...Company,Balmat,New York 13609 Abstract The Balmat-Edwards Zn-Pb districtin northwesternNew York is hostedby...had peakP-T conditionsof •6.5 kb and •625øC at Balmat;this event obscuredor obliteratedmostprimarychemicaland...increase in the•a4Svalueof theevaporitic anhydrite at Balmat,andlarge sulfideiron-formation occurrences nearBalmat...large-scale, speculationsince discoveryof the district in 1915. nappelike recumbent foldswhich may locally
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ROSSIE-TYPE Pb-Zn VEINS IN THE FRONTENAC AXIS AREA, NEW YORK R. A. AYUSO, N. K. FOLEY, U.S. GeologicalSurvey...the Frontenac axis area of New York and Ontario. and tectonic In New York, the veins(Fig. 1) occurmainlywest...ageof emplacementof Rossieveinsis unknown. Balmat-Edwards, New York). Althoughnoneof these The veinsare mineralogically...rocks •. 1. •ocatio• mapfo• Bossie-type Pb-Z• vei•s,New Yo•k.•ocalitiesfo• samples usedi• lead isotopestudy•e...•'øSpb/•'ø4Pb and•'ø•Pb/•'ø4Pb, galenas from Rossieveinsof New York are alsogenerallyarrangedalonga lineartrend,againwith
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(Excluding Tourmaline) in the Adirondack Region of New York State David G. Bailey 1, *, Marian V. Lupulescu...Clinton, NY 13323, USA New York State Museum, Research and Collections, Albany, NY 12230, USA; marian.lupulescu@nysed...Geology, State University of New York, College at Cortland, Cortland, NY 13045, USA; robert.darling@cortland...12180, USA; singej2@rpi.edu Center for Mineralogy, New York State Museum, Albany, NY 12230, USA; sccham2@yahoo...like that of the Adirondack region of northern New York State, uncommon rock compositions combined with
Catalog/List
grey-black rich crystalline mass 3x4 Broken Hill, New South Wales Australia £8 4 VANADINITE orange brown...fibrous mass 5x3 Edwards, Balmat-Edwards Zinc District, St Lawrence Co., New York, USA. £7 6 MOHAWKITE...Domeykite (Cu As) and Native Copper, Keweenaw County Michigan USA 3.5x3 £20 7 DMISTEINBERGITE a fairly good...crystal about 6cm long £ 10 Mono Lake, Mono County California USA 10 VOLKOVSKITE orange platy mass ,a thin...botryoidal 1cm x 8mm on 2.5xlcm Penberthy Croft Mine St Hilary Cornwall £6 - the type location 19 URBANITE
 
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