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Locality Name:
Watchung, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA


mindat Locality ID: 156348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Watchung, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Fanwood Quarry (Fanwood Stone Crushing And Quarry Co. Quarry; Fanwood Crushed Stone Co. Quarry; Scotch Plains Quarry; Weldon Quarry)
Wilson's Quarry (Wilson Stone Co. Quarry)

Latitude: 40°38'50"N
Longitude: 74°25'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.647222222222,-74.425833333333
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 F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAnalcimeApophylliteCalciteChalcopyriteClinozoisiteCorundumEpidoteFeldsparGadolinite
MalachiteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltStilbite

21 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Galena  (*)Hematite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Natrolite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Stellerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2243711,2437128803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12437121627
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)12437111588
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412437115516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)2243711,24371227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12437125707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22243711,24371227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12437123531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12437122970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)2243711,243712498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12437118173
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O1243711303
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124371124243
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124371114640
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124371212537
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2243711,2437121236
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)2243711,243712363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)22243711,2437121898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22243711,24371239462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22243711,24371261156
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O1243711189


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