University of the State of New York 
New York State Museum 
Freperick J. H. Merrivt Director 
Bulletin 70 
MINERALOGY 3 
NEW YORK MINERAL LOCALITIES 
PREFACE 
The lack of systematic classification and of accurate geographic 
and geologic location of the many mineral localities of New York 
State, which so materially hampers a detailed study of any 
mineral collection, has suggested the preparation of a list of the 
recorded localities for mineral specimens in New York State, 
which is offered to the public in the following bulletin. The 
kindly reception accorded to the previous publications of this 
division of the New York State Museum has led to the hope that 
the present bulletin will meet a material want not only as a 
curatorial aid to museum workers in mineralogy in furthering a 
more accurate labeling of New York specimens but also as a 
guide to collectors, teachers and students in their field excursions. 
The data have been largely compiled from the mineralogic and 
geologic publications given in the bibliography and have, in a 
number of cases, been added to, checked and modified by field 
notes and by the study of specimens from the collections men- 
tioned in the list of authorities. Such a list must, from its 
character, be incomplete in many points and the author would 
gladly welcome any information which would render a subse- 
quent edition more comprehensive and: accurate. | 
'. The author is indebted to Dr F. J. H. Merrill, state geologist, 
for many valuable suggestions regarding the general character 
of the work and for much of the geographic and geologic informa- 
