Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Pennsylvania Railroad Cut, Mt Pleasant, Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 12821
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12821.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pennsylvania Railroad Cut, Mt Pleasant, Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°43'53"N
Longitude: 74°3'45"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.731388888889,-74.0625

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amorphous	Baryte	Calcite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Natrolite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt
Spinel

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Baryte Calcite Chlorite Clay Copper Natrolite None Quartz Rocksalt
Spinel

9 IMA Minerals at location:

Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Galena ()*
Magnetite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Quartz ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	3846
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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