Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 17441
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17441.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, USA": 122
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 69

Number of Child Localities: 17
Child Localities:
Alexandria Township
Bethlehem Township
Brookville
Califon
Clinton
Clinton Township
Delaware Township
Flemington
Glen Gardner
High Bridge Township
Holland Township
Lambertville
Lebanon Township
Milford
Readington Township
Tewksbury Township
Union Township

Latitude: 40°35'50"N
Longitude: 74°55'16"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.597222222222,-74.921111111111

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Axinite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite	Cancrinite	Chalcopyrite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gadolinite	Malachite	Mica
Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Sphalerite
Spinel	Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Tridymite	Vivianite

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Augite ()*
Aurichalcite ()*	Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*
Braunite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Dolomite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaersutite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Nepheline ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	Silver ()*
Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Tenorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Vivianite ()*

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: Ag Al B Ba C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Cu H Mg O Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Axinite Baryte Braunite Calcite Cancrinite Chalcopyrite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gadolinite Malachite Mica
Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Sphalerite
Spinel Stilpnomelane Titanite Tridymite Vivianite

47 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	243023	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	3	242979,242981,243022	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	242973	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	242992	3250
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	1	242973	2060
Aurichalcite ()*	None	(Zn,Cu)₅(CO₃)₂(OH)₆	0		919
Axinite-(Fe) ()*	Axinite	Ca₄Fe²⁺₂Al₄[B₂Si₈O₃₀](OH)₂	1	243023	260
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	242992	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	243020	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	242992	5516
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)	1	242976	483
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	8	242966,242970,242973,242976,242978,242992,243022,243054	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	1	242973	232
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	242992	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	242992,243033	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	242992	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	242992	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	242992	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	2	243022,243023	498
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	242976,242979,242981	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	5	242966,242968,242973,243022,243023	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	10	242965,242968,242970,242973,242985,242987,243001,243025,243041,243053	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	242966,242973	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	3	242996,242998,242999	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	4	242973,243014,243025,243031	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	242973	5433
Kaersutite ()*	Amphibole	NaCa₂(Mg₃AlTi⁴⁺)(Si₆Al₂)O₂₂O₂	1	242973	179
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	243022	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	42	242941,242942,242944,242952,242953,242954,242956,242958,242960,242961,242963,242965,242968,242970,242976,242984,242985,242987,242997,243000,243001,243002,243009,243011,243012,243014,243017,243018,243019,243025,243027,243033,243034,243037,243040,243041,243042,243050,243052,243053,243056,243057	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	242992	12537
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	242973	17380
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	242973,243022	1236
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	242973	884
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	243022	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	242973,242992,243022,243023,243054	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	10	242968,242976,242985,242992,243000,243001,243017,243031,243033,243053	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	2	242976,242978	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	8	242966,242968,242976,242978,242979,242981,243014,243025	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	242973	598
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	242992	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	243031	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	243031	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	0		1934
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	243022	456
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	242992	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	242973	4899
Vivianite ()*	Vivianite	Fe²⁺₃(PO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	243025	636

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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