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Manganese. 



Wad, earthy manganese, bog manganese. — In town of Auster- 

 litz, Columbia county, are several localities ; also in Hillsdale and 

 Canaan, same county ; smaller deposits near Houseville, Lewis 

 county, and southeast of Warwick, Orange county. 



Nickel. 



Millerite, sulphide of nickel. — Sterling iron mine, Antwerp, 

 Jefferson county, famous for crystalline forms. 



Molybdenum. 



Molybdenite ; sulphide of molybdenum. — West Point and near 

 Warwick, Orange county ; Phillip mine, Putnam county ; Clinton 

 county, but sparingly, in granite rocks. 



Non-Metallic Minerals. 



Under the heading of non-metallic minerals which do not occur 

 in New York in sufficient quantity to be of economic importance 

 may be enumerated apatite, barite, calcite, muscovite, biotite, ser- 

 pentine, asbestus and magnesite. The principal localities for 

 these minerals are given herewith : 



Calcite, calcareous tufa, travertine / carbonate of lime. — Vicinity 

 Schoharie Courthouse, Schoharie county ; Sharon Springs, a large 

 deposit ; Howe's Cave, Schoharie county ; near Catskill, Greene 

 county ; head of Otsquaga creek, Stark, Herkimer county ; Sara- 

 toga Springs ; near Syracuse and in Onondaga valley, Onondaga 

 county ; between Camillus and Canton, same county ; near Ark- 

 port, Steuben county ; near Ellicott's mills, Erie county, and 

 many lesser deposits. 



Fluorite, fluorspar ; fluoride of lime. — Muscalonge lake, 

 Alexandria, Jefferson county, very fine crystals ; Lowville, Lewis 

 county ; Niagara, county, at Lockport ; Auburn, Cayuga county ; 

 Rossie and Mineral Point, St. Lawrence county. 



Apatite, phosphate of lime. — Hammond, St. Lawrence county, 

 crystalline, with calcite, zinc ore and feldspar ; near Gouverneur, 

 St. Lawrence county, crystals in calcite, Yrooman lake, Jefferson 

 county ; Greenfield, Saratoga county ; near Hammonds ville, 

 Essex county ; with magnetite in some of iron ores near Port 

 Henry ; other localities of occurrence. 



