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Zircon from
Fort George (192nd Street & Audubon Avenue), Washington Heights, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA


Classification
Species:Zircon
Formula:Zr(SiO4)
Confirmation
Validity:Unconfirmed/Questioned
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Zircon data
Locality Data:Click here to view Fort George (192nd Street & Audubon Avenue), Washington Heights, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:559072
Long-form Identifier:1:3:559072:8
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Zircon
0.8km (0.5 miles) ⓘ185th Street & Harlem Speedway (Harlem River Drive), Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
1.9km (1.2 miles) ⓘFort Washington Avenue & 171st Street, Washington Heights, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
3.8km (2.4 miles) ⓘInterstate 95 and George Washington Bridge Lower Level roadcut, Fort Lee, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
11.1km (6.9 miles) ⓘ63rd Street Tunnel, Manhattan (New York County), New York City, New York, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘLaurel Hill, Secaucus, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
29.0km (18.0 miles) ⓘRitch Quarry, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
29.2km (18.1 miles) ⓘVoorhis Quarry, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
34.0km (21.1 miles) ⓘPompton Junction feldspar deposit, Pompton Lakes, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
38.5km (23.9 miles) ⓘLadentown, Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, New York, USA
43.2km (26.8 miles) ⓘTorne Quarry, Powerville, Boonton Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
References
Russell, DE "The Minerals of Fort George, Manhattan" http://www.mindat.org/article.php/477/The+Minerals+of+Fort+George%2C+Manhattan
Anon (1888a) “Mr. William Hidden” Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol 7, May 1888
 
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