Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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

mindat Locality ID: 13257
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13257.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Montville Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Cole Farm Prospect (Decker Mines; Kahart; Taylor; Botts Farm)
Hog Mountain Quarry
Jersey City Water Supply Company Quarry
Lake Valhalla Quarry (Gordon's Crystalline Limestone Quarry)
Taylortown

Latitude: 40°55'23"N
Longitude: 74°23'12"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.923055555556,-74.386666666667

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.

Amphibole	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Malachite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite
Pyroxene	Quartz	Serpentine	Spinel	Talc

Antigorite ()*	Augite ()*	Bornite ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Laumontite ()*	Lizardite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Talc ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 Cu Fe H K Mg O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al C Ca Fe H K Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Malachite Mica None Not in a structural group Pyrite
Pyroxene Quartz Serpentine Spinel Talc

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		708
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	243275	5516
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	243275	951
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	243275	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	0		9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	0		8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	243275	271
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	0		1271
Lizardite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	243275	359
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	4	243272,243275,243277,243278	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	243275	12537
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	0		2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	243275	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	243274,243275	61156
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	243275	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	0		2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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