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Molybdenite from
Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Molybdenite
Formula:MoS2
Comments:Recovered as small foliated and granular masses; crystals rare
Habit:foliated, granular
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Molybdenite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Tilly Foster Iron Mine, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:81424
Long-form Identifier:1:3:81424:5
GUID (UUID V4):c412de80-0af1-4fc1-9993-211c14770bdd
Nearest other occurrences of Molybdenite
1.9km (1.2 miles) Interstate 84 road cuts, Town of Southeast, Putnam County, New York, USA
15.5km (9.6 miles) North Street mall, Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
20.9km (13.0 miles) Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
21.0km (13.1 miles) U. S. Route 7 Expressway (Danbury line to Iron Works District), Brookfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
22.9km (14.2 miles) Shaft 7, Delaware Aqueduct, Town of Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, USA
25.7km (16.0 miles) Philipstown, Cold Spring, Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, USA
26.0km (16.2 miles) Constitution Island, Hudson River, Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, USA
26.3km (16.4 miles) West Point, Orange County, New York, USA
26.6km (16.5 miles) Mount Taurus Quarry, Town of Philipstown, Putnam County, New York, USA
27.0km (16.8 miles) Peekskill, Westchester County, New York, USA
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eotlector • • • . • • • E)ffidal . . . Journal of ~he 'Rocks and ...Doherty Director of Outin11 (to be apJ)Ointed) Yice-Pretident, Ronald L. I Yea Director of T ou rs, Richmond...Orsaniz:ed In 1928 for the increase and dissemination of mineraloalc knowled11. To atlmulate public Interest...counes in these subjects introduced In the curricula of the public school systems; to revive a 1eneral interest...cared for; to keep an accurate and permanent record of all mineral localities and minerals found there and
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eollector . . . .. . . . . . . . 0/ficial Journal of '?5'1.e 'Rocks and c61Cinerals c:5\ssociatiott..J...Doherty Director of Oatiq, (to be alll)Ofnted) Yice-Pruident, Jlonald L. l•ea Director of Toura, Jlichmond~...Orpnlzed In 1928 for the Increase and dissemination of mlneraloalc knowledfe. To stimulate public Interest...courses in these subjects introduced in the curricula of the public school systeuas; to revive a general Interest...cared for; to keep an accurate and permanent record of all mineral localities and minerals found there and
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Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of 210 miles, with its 56,000 sq. mi. sloping...more than 275 rivers, the state is bounded along ¾ of its circumference by navigable waters, primarily...along the northern borders, rising only to a altitude of 900 to 1,000 feet above sea level. Though well endowed...the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin...Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar
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Prairie State, Illinois exhibits a length of 378 miles and a width of 210 miles, with its 56,000 sq. mi. sloping...more than 275 rivers, the state is bounded along ¾ of its circumference by navigable waters, primarily...along the northern borders, rising only to a altitude of 900 to 1,000 feet above sea level. Though well endowed...the Lead-Zinc mining dists. of northwestern Illinois, the glacial drift of the Late Pleistocene Wisconsin...Wisconsin glaciation, the bluffs and detritus of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, and in the southern Fluorspar
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