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Locality Name:
Chester, Chester Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA


mindat Locality ID: 12193
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12193.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chester, Chester Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA": 25
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 25

Number of Child Localities: 25
Child Localities:
Barnes Mine
Beemer Mine
Blauvelt Mine
Budd Mine
Cooper Mine
Creamer Mine (Cramer Mine)
Cromwell Mine (Chester Highland Mine)
Daniel Horton Mine (Horton Mine)
De Camp Mine
Dickerson Farm Mine
Gulick Farm Mines
Hacklebarney Mine
Harden Mine
Hedges Farm Exploration
Kean Mine
Peach Orchard Mine (Creagar Mine)
Quimby Mine
Sampson Mine (Samson Mine; Skellenger Mine)
Skellenger Mine
Squier's Mine
Sweayze Mine (Swayze Mine)
Tanners Brook Monazite Deposit
Tiger Mine
Topping Mine
Woodhull Mine

Latitude: 40°47'15"N
Longitude: 74°40'54"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.7875,-74.681666666667
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 C Ca Ce Fe H Mg O P S Si Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: C 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleCorundumMonaziteNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzSpinelStauroliteZircon

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Augite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Staurolite  (*)
Thorite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O612431732060
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21243164271
Graphite  (*)NoneC02812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124317414640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312431845433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O424243163,243164,243165,243166,243167,243169,243170,243171,243172,243173,243174,243175,243176,243177,243178,243179,243180,243181,243182,243183,243184,243185,243186,24318714899
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1243184945
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS26243170,243173,243174,243177,243180,24318639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124317061156
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1243184978
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)12431841006
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12431845251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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