Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
New York - West Shore & Buffalo RR Tunnel, Weehawken, Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 12816
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12816.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "New York - West Shore & Buffalo RR Tunnel, Weehawken, Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°46'0"N
Longitude: 74°1'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.766666666667,-74.016666666667

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Gadolinite
Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Titanite

Albite ()*	Allophane ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Datolite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Mesolite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*	Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Analcime Aragonite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Corundum Feldspar Gadolinite
Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Titanite

20 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Allophane ()*	Allophane	Al₂O₃(SiO₂)_1.3-2.0·2.5-3.0H₂O	470
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	3250
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1271
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	6417
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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