University of the State of New York 



New York State Museum 



Frederick J. H. Merrill Director 



Bulletin 70 



MINERALOGY 3 



LIST OF" 



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- 



