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Locality Name:
McAfee, Vernon Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA


mindat Locality ID: 12195
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12195.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "McAfee, Vernon Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA": 9
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Cedar Hill Mine (Ten Eyck Mine; Ten Eyck Diggings; Smith Mine)
Great Gorge Country Club
McAfee Graphite Mine
McAfee Quarry
Pochuck Mine (Pochuk Mine)
Pochuck Mountain
Simpson Mine
Williams Mine

Latitude: 41°10'29"N
Longitude: 74°31'42"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.174722222222,-74.528333333333
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 F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P S Si Zn Zr 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteCalciteClayClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFluoriteHumite
MicaMolybdeniteNoneNot in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzSmectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinel
TalcZircon

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Calcite  (*)Diopside  (*)Edenite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Kyanite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nontronite  (*)Norbergite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Siderite  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tremolite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124389627770
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612438964135
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)21243898160
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12438988173
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12438982740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF22243896,2438989617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12438997437
Graphite  (*)NoneC4243896,243897,243898,2438992812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O33243895,243896,24390214640
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO401507
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O42243901,24390314899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212438985800
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1243899471
Norbergite  (*)HumiteMg3(SiO4)F2124389637
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22243896,2438982273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS24243895,243898,243901,24390339462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124390061156
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12438956417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512439001516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124389821482
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212438983337
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212439002562
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12439035251


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