Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Francisco Brothers Quarry (Francisco Quarry), Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 11230
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-11230.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Francisco Brothers Quarry (Francisco Quarry), Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°52'19"N
Longitude: 74°12'28"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.871944444444,-74.207777777778

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	Amorphous	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Corundum
Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group
Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stilpnomelane	Thomsonite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Babingtonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Goethite ()*
Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stevensite ()*
Stilpnomelane ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cd Cu Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Corundum
Diaspore Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Gadolinite Gypsum Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group
Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Sphalerite Stilpnomelane Thomsonite Wurtzite

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	57
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	456
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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