Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 13333
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-13333.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Compton's Quarry
Pluckemin Copper Mine

Latitude: 40°38'21"N
Longitude: 74°38'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.639166666667,-74.636111111111

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Gadolinite	Malachite	None
Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz

Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Hematite ()*
Malachite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Silver ()*	Zoisite ()*

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: Ag Al B C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag B C Ca Cu Fe H Mn O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote Gadolinite Malachite None
Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Quartz

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	243693	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	0		27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	243693	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	243693	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	243693	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	243693	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	0		2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	0		498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	243693	8173
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	0		14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	243693	12537
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	243693	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	243693	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	0		61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	0		1711
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	0		5186
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	243693	1025

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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