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Locality Name:
Moore, Hopewell Township, Mercer Co., New Jersey, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24885
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24885.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Moore, Hopewell Township, Mercer Co., New Jersey, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Mercer County Workhouse Quarry
Trap Rock Industries Moores Station Quarry (Delaware River Quarry And Construction Co. Quarry)

Latitude: 40°19'38"N
Longitude: 74°55'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.327222222222,-74.916666666667
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 B C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H Na O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AnalcimeCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteEpidoteMarcasiteMicaNatroliteNone
PrehnitePyriteSphaleriteTourmaline

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Calcite  (*)Celadonite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Schorl  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124308027770
Celadonite  (*)Mica ClayKMgFe3+Si4O10(OH)21243079309
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124308027198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12430798173
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212430805674
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12430801236
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212430801898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124308039462
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12430802705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124308021482


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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