A Review of Boron-Bearing Minerals (Excluding Tourmaline) in the Adirondack Region of New York State
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Boron Minerals in the Adirondack Mountains
3.1. Danburite CaB2Si2O8
3.1.1. Danburite History and Geologic Setting
3.1.2. Danburite Properties
3.2. Datolite CaB(SiO4)(OH)
3.2.1. Datolite History and Geologic Setting
3.2.2. Datolite Properties
3.3. Dumortierite AlAl6BSi3O18
3.3.1. Dumortierite History and Geologic Setting
3.3.2. Dumortierite Properties
3.4. Grandidierite MgAl3O2(BO3)(SiO4)
3.4.1. Grandidierite History and Geologic Setting
3.4.2. Grandidierite Properties
3.5. Harkerite Ca12Mg4Al(BO3)3(SiO4)4(CO3)5·H2O
3.5.1. Harkerite History and Geologic Setting
3.5.2. Harkerite Properties
3.6. Kornerupine/Prismatine (□,Mg,Fe2+)(Mg,Fe2+)2(Al,Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+)7(Si,Al)4(Si,Al,B)O21(OH,F)/(□,Mg,Fe2+)(Mg,Fe2+)2(Al,Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+)7(Si,Al)4(B,Si,Al)O21(OH,F)
3.6.1. Kornerupine/Prismatine History and Geologic Setting
3.6.2. Kornerupine/Prismatine Properties
3.7. Serendibite Ca4[Mg6Al6]O4[Si6B3Al3O36]
3.7.1. Serendibite History and Geologic Setting
3.7.2. Serendibite Properties
3.8. Sinhalite MgAl(BO4)
3.8.1. Sinhalite History and Geologic Setting
3.8.2. Sinhalite Properties
3.9. Stillwellite-(Ce) CeBSiO5
3.9.1. Stillwellite-(Ce) History and Geologic Setting
3.9.2. Stillwellite-(Ce) Properties
3.10. Vonsenite Fe2+2Fe3+(BO3)O2
3.10.1. Vonsenite History and Geologic Setting
3.10.2. Vonsenite Properties
3.11. Warwickite (Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)2O(BO3)
Warwickite History and Geologic Setting
4. Summary and Discussion
- Primary igneous origin
- (a)
- Granitic pegmatites
- Dumortierite (Ledge Mountain, Benson Mines, Batchellerville)
- (b)
- Anatectic melts
- Prismatine (Moose River)
- 2. Regional metamorphic origin
- (a)
- Al and Mg-rich ultramafic, metaigneous rocks
- Kornerupine (Warrensburg)
- (b)
- Al-poor, Mg-rich metasedimentary rocks
- Warwickite (Edwards, Balmat)
- (c)
- Ca and B-rich metasedimentary rocks
- Danburite (Russell)
- Serendibite (Russell)
- Skarn/pyrometasomatic origin
- Danburite (Macomb)
- Datolite (Valentine Mine)
- Harkerite (Cascade Slide)
- Serendibite (Johnsburg)
- Sinhalite (Johnsburg)
- (?) Vonsenite (Jayville)
- Retrograde/metasomatic origin
- Datolite (Russell, Macomb)
- Grandidierite (Johnsburg, Russell)
- Stillwellite-(Ce) (Mineville)
- (?) Vonsenite (Jayville)
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample ID | Map # | Locality Name | Town | County |
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Danburite CaB2Si2O8 | ||||
DA-1 | 1 | Old Van Buskirk Farm | Russell | St. Lawrence |
DA-2 | 2 | Downing Farm/Hickory Lake | Macomb | St. Lawrence |
DA-3 | 3 | McLear Pegmatite | Dekalb | St. Lawrence |
Datolite CaB(SiO4)(OH) | ||||
DT-1 | 1 | Valentine Mine | Diana | Lewis |
DT-2 | 2 | Old Van Buskirk Farm | Russell | St. Lawrence |
DT-3 | 4 | Downing Farm/Hickory Lake | Macomb | St. Lawrence |
DT-4 | 5 | Woodcock Mine | Fowler | St. Lawrence |
DT-5 | 6 | McLear Pegmatite | Dekalb | St. Lawrence |
DT-6 | 7 | Schroon Lake | Schroon Lake | Warren |
Dumortierite AlAl6BSi3O18 | ||||
DU-1 | 8 | Batchellerville Pegmatite | Edinburg | Saratoga |
DU-2 | 9 | Benson Mines | Star Lake | St. Lawrence |
DU-3 | 10 | Ledge Mountain | Indian Lake | Hamilton |
Grandidierite MgAl3O2(BO3)(SiO4) | ||||
G-1 | 11 | Armstrong Farm | Johnsburg | Warren |
G-2 | 12 | St. Joe Drill Core | Russell | St. Lawrence |
Harkerite Ca12Mg4Al(BO3)3(SiO4)4(CO3)5.H2O | ||||
H-1 | 13 | Cascade Slide | Keene | Essex |
Kornerupine (□,Mg,Fe2+)(Mg,Fe2+)2(Al,Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+)7(Si,Al)4(Si,Al,B)O21(OH,F) | ||||
K-1 | 14 | Warrensburg | Warrensburg | Warren |
Prismatine (□,Mg,Fe2+)(Mg,Fe2+)2(Al,Mg,Fe2+,Fe3+)7(Si,Al)4(B,Si,Al)O21(OH,F) | ||||
P-1 | 15 | Moose River 1 | Lyonsdale | Lewis |
P-2 | 16 | Moose River 2 | Lyonsdale | Lewis |
Serendibite Ca4(Mg6Al6)O4(Si6B3Al3O36) | ||||
SB-1 | 11 | Armstrong Farm | Johnsburg | Warren |
SB-2 | 12 | St. Joe Drill Core | Russell | St. Lawrence |
Sinhalite MgAl(BO4) | ||||
SH-1 | 11 | Armstrong Farm | Johnsburg | Warren |
SH-2 | 12 | St. Joe Drill Core | Russell | St. Lawrence |
Stillwellite-(Ce) CeBSiO5 | ||||
ST-1 | 17 | Mineville Iron Mine | Mineville | Essex |
Vonsenite Fe2+2Fe3+(BO3)O2 | ||||
V-1 | 18 | Jayville Mine | Jayville | St. Lawrence |
V-2 | 19 | Clifton Mine | Clifton | St. Lawrence |
Warwickite (Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)2O(BO3) | ||||
W-1 | 20 | Balmat | Fowler | St. Lawrence |
W-2 | 21 | Edwards Mine | Edwards | St. Lawrence |
Mineral | Danburite | Danburite | Danburite | Datolite | Dumortierite | Grandidierite | Harkerite | Prismatine | Prismatine |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Source | (a) | (b) | (c) | (d) | |||||
Map ID | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
Locality | Russell | Russell | Macomb | Harrisville | Batcheller. | Russell | Cascade Sl. | Moose R. | Moose R. |
Method | EMP | Wet | EMP | EMP | EMP | EMP | EMP/SIMS | EMP/SIMS | EMP |
SiO2 | 49.19 | 48.23 | 49.15 | 37.15 | 31.43 | 20.81 | 15.90 | 30.60 | 29.74 |
TiO2 | nd | nd | nd | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.24 | 0.24 | ||
Al2O3 | 0.02 | 0.47 | 0.03 | nd | 63.90 | 52.03 | 2.92 | 40.93 | 43.48 |
Fe2O3T | tr | 0.97 | |||||||
FeO * | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 1.14 | 0.76 | 9.65 | 10.02 | ||
MnO | nd | nd | nd | nd | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.05 | ||
MgO | 0.01 | nd | nd | 0.75 | 13.08 | 10.83 | 14.49 | 14.28 | |
CaO | 24.18 | 23.24 | 24.27 | 36.43 | nd | 0.07 | 44.00 | 0.03 | 0.04 |
Na2O | nd | nd | nd | nd | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.03 | ||
K2O | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.02 | |||
La2O3 | |||||||||
Ce2O3 | |||||||||
Pr2O3 | |||||||||
Nd2O3 | |||||||||
Sm2O3 | |||||||||
Cr2O3 | |||||||||
V2O3 | |||||||||
Y2O3 | |||||||||
ZrO2 | |||||||||
ThO2 | |||||||||
B2O3 | 26.58 | 26.93 | 26.53 | 20.84 | 2.86 | 7.43 | 5.87 | 3.54 | 2.10 |
Li2O | 0.21 | ||||||||
CO2 | 14.95 | ||||||||
H2O | 5.55 | 0.90 | |||||||
Cl | 1.24 | ||||||||
TOTAL | 100.00 | 98.87 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 94.71 | 97.37 | 99.78 | 100.00 |
Mineral | Serendibite | Serendibite | Serendibite | Sinhalite | Stillwell. | Vonsenite | Vonsenite | Warwickite | |
Source | (e) | (f) | (g) | (h) | (i) | ||||
Map ID | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 21 | |
Locality | Johnsburg | Johnsburg | Russell | Johnsburg | Mineville | Jayville | Jayville | Edwards | |
Method | EMP | Wet | EMP | EMP | EMP | EMP | Wet | EMP | |
SiO2 | 25.49 | 26.30 | 24.70 | 0.01 | 22.67 | 0.02 | |||
TiO2 | 0.01 | 0.03 | nd | 0.06 | 0.13 | 21.89 | |||
Al2O3 | 38.94 | 34.05 | 34.90 | 41.59 | 0.38 | 1.48 | 6.96 | ||
Fe2O3T | 30.14 | ||||||||
FeO * | 1.00 | 2.76 | 2.02 | 1.05 | nd | 86.36 | 54.04 | 0.01 | |
MnO | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.02 | 0.46 | 0.28 | 0.14 | |||
MgO | 15.54 | 15.44 | 15.41 | 30.64 | 1.42 | 0.56 | 43.63 | ||
CaO | 13.68 | 13.30 | 14.31 | nd | 0.03 | nd | |||
Na2O | 1.31 | 0.57 | nd | ||||||
K2O | 0.01 | nd | 0.01 | ||||||
La2O3 | 21.55 | ||||||||
Ce2O3 | 31.13 | ||||||||
Pr2O3 | 2.99 | ||||||||
Nd2O3 | 7.19 | ||||||||
Sm2O3 | 0.38 | ||||||||
Cr2O3 | 0.91 | ||||||||
V2O3 | |||||||||
Y2O3 | 0.01 | ||||||||
ZrO2 | 0.76 | ||||||||
ThO2 | 0.09 | ||||||||
B2O3 | 3.96 | 8.37 | 7.44 | 27.68 | 13.92 | 11.29 | 13.37 | 25.70 | |
Li2O | |||||||||
CO2 | |||||||||
H2O | |||||||||
Cl | 0.04 | ||||||||
TOTAL | 100.00 | 100.22 | 99.45 | 100.99 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 100.00 |
Mineral | Danburite | Danburite | Datolite | Dumort. | Dumort. | Prismatine | Serendibite | Vonsenite |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Map ID | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 18 |
Locality | Russell | Macomb | Harrisville | Batchellerville | Benson | Moose R. | Johnsburg | Jayville |
Method | LA-ICP-MS | LA-ICP-MS | LA-ICP-MS | LA-ICP-MS | LA-ICP-MS | LA-ICP-MS | LA-ICP-MS | LA-ICP-MS |
Sc | 0.48 | 0.46 | 0.30 | 9.30 | 4.5 | 121 | 4.5 | 1.8 |
V | 0.62 | 0.68 | 0.59 | nd | 7.6 | 538 | 7 | 16 |
Cr | nd | nd | nd | nd | 0.1 | 247 | nd | 2.7 |
Co | nd | nd | nd | nd | 39.7 | 3.7 | 14.0 | |
Ni | nd | nd | 0.33 | nd | 24.6 | 3.8 | 5.4 | |
Zn | 0.28 | nd | nd | 18.0 | 753 | 30 | 436 | |
Ga | nd | 0.21 | 1.24 | 127 | 85 | 99 | 10.5 | |
Ge | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 19 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 0.6 | |
As | nd | 0.4 | nd | 346 | 2363 | nd | 1.8 | nd |
Sb | nd | 0.05 | nd | 31 | 4070 | nd | nd | nd |
Bi | nd | 0.02 | nd | 25.5 | 133 | nd | nd | nd |
Sr | 826 | 713 | 11 | 0.04 | 0.11 | 4.5 | 0.04 | |
Y | 0.49 | 0.24 | 0.92 | nd | 10 | 59 | 0.014 | |
Zr | 0.008 | nd | 0.013 | 16 | 45 | 21 | 9 | 52.1 |
Nb | 0.001 | 0.005 | 0.11 | 206 | 73.9 | 0.18 | 0.04 | 2.7 |
Mo | 0.026 | 0.004 | nd | 7.7 | 0.011 | 0.014 | 3.4 | |
Cd | nd | nd | nd | 0.6 | 0.42 | 0.32 | 93 | |
In | nd | nd | nd | nd | 0.54 | 0.03 | 18 | |
Sn | 0.18 | 0.11 | 0.23 | 7.0 | 2.38 | 2.10 | 1827 | |
Ba | 0.32 | 0.10 | 0.02 | nd | 1.21 | 1.11 | 0.17 | |
La | 21 | 16 | 15 | 0.3 | 0.002 | 0.646 | 0.004 | |
Ce | 37 | 30 | 18 | 0.267 | 0.006 | 3.422 | 0.013 | |
Pr | 3.36 | 2.62 | 1.21 | nd | 0.001 | 0.864 | 0.005 | |
Nd | 9.3 | 6.7 | 3.1 | nd | 0.012 | 5.57 | 0.013 | |
Sm | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.30 | nd | nd | 3.748 | nd | |
Eu | 0.194 | 0.170 | 0.067 | 0.031 | nd | 0.114 | 0.004 | |
Gd | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.24 | 0.110 | 0.131 | 6.58 | 0.003 | |
Tb | 0.034 | 0.025 | 0.028 | 0.029 | 0.082 | 1.375 | 0.002 | |
Dy | 0.134 | 0.082 | 0.148 | 0.054 | 0.943 | 8.80 | 0.004 | |
Ho | 0.0150 | 0.0138 | 0.0298 | nd | 0.354 | 1.783 | 0.003 | |
Er | 0.041 | 0.022 | 0.060 | 0.034 | 1.678 | 5.00 | 0.003 | |
Tm | 0.0042 | 0.0057 | 0.0044 | nd | 0.406 | 0.688 | 0.001 | |
Yb | 0.0120 | 0.0210 | 0.0214 | nd | 3.933 | 4.660 | 0.045 | |
Lu | 0.0018 | 0.0041 | 0.0046 | nd | 0.800 | 0.694 | 0.023 | |
Hf | 0.0023 | 0.0021 | 0.0038 | 2.1 | 0.515 | 0.979 | 1.90 | |
Ta | 0.0025 | 0.0017 | 0.0082 | 53.1 | 10.8 | 0.007 | 0.024 | 0.433 |
W | 0.0046 | 0.0106 | 0.70 | 5.4 | 0.019 | 0.020 | 0.003 | |
Pb | 0.22 | 0.16 | 0.38 | 4.5 | 0.464 | 0.667 | 0.053 | |
Th | 0.003 | 0.014 | 0.74 | 0.5 | nd | 5.4 | 0.005 | |
U | 0.0003 | 0.0022 | 4.5 | 0.5 | 0.036 | 2.5 | 0.009 |
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Bailey, D.G.; Lupulescu, M.V.; Darling, R.S.; Singer, J.W.; Chamberlain, S.C. A Review of Boron-Bearing Minerals (Excluding Tourmaline) in the Adirondack Region of New York State. Minerals 2019, 9, 644. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9100644
Bailey DG, Lupulescu MV, Darling RS, Singer JW, Chamberlain SC. A Review of Boron-Bearing Minerals (Excluding Tourmaline) in the Adirondack Region of New York State. Minerals. 2019; 9(10):644. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9100644
Chicago/Turabian StyleBailey, David G., Marian V. Lupulescu, Robert S. Darling, Jared W. Singer, and Steven C. Chamberlain. 2019. "A Review of Boron-Bearing Minerals (Excluding Tourmaline) in the Adirondack Region of New York State" Minerals 9, no. 10: 644. https://doi.org/10.3390/min9100644