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Locality Name:
Morris Co., New Jersey, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1238.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1100

mindat Locality ID: 17427
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17427.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Morris Co., New Jersey, USA": 333
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 232

Number of Child Localities: 38
Child Localities:
Boonton
Boonton Township
Brookside
Butler
Chester Township
Dover
Drakeville
Gove Mine
Hanover Township
Jefferson Township
Kinnelon Township
Lincoln Park
Long Valley
Madison
Mendham
Mendham Township
Middle Valley
Middletown
Mine Hill Borough
Mine Hill Township
Montville Township
Morris Plains
Morristown
Mount Olive Township
Mt Arlington
Mt Pleasant
Netcong Borough
Parsippany-Troy Hills Township
Pequannock Township
Pleasant Valley
Randolph Township
Riverdale
Rockaway Borough
Rockaway Township
Roxbury Township
Tewksbury Township
Washington Township
Wharton

Latitude: 40°51'40"N
Longitude: 74°33'34"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.861111111111,-74.559444444444
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 Au B Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Sr Th Ti U Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: F Mg O Si 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteAragoniteAutuniteBaryteBerauniteCalciteChalcopyrite
ClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHumite
KornerupineMalachiteMicaMonaziteNatroliteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelStauroliteTalcTitanite
VivianiteZircon

64 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Analcime  (*)
Anatase  (*)Antigorite  (*)Augite  (*)Autunite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Beraunite  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chondrodite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Goethite  (*)
Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Kornerupine  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Lizardite  (*)Magnesio-fluoro-hastingsite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Microcline  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Muscovite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)
Orthoclase  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Prismatine  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Staurolite  (*)Strontianite  (*)
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)Talc  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)
Uranopilite  (*)Vivianite  (*)Xenotime-(Y)  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)22243394,2433983419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O612432511022
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)5243226,243267,243373,243397,2434638803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)32243226,2432342353
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12433081627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212432672162
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41243271708
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O64243173,243267,243271,2433862060
Autunite  (*)AutuniteCa(UO2)2(PO4)2·10-12H2O12432941272
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)2243251,243339161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124341311547
Beraunite  (*)BerauniteFe3+6(PO4)4O(OH)4·6H2O1243264136
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS42243267,2432755516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)15243159,243160,243204,243206,243207,243222,243225,243267,243282,243355,243370,243394,243398,243412,24341327770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS25243204,243267,243373,243398,24341327198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2119311710285
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)48243159,243256,243271,243275,243282,243378,243412,243413951
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O63243160,243271,2432754135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212432719895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)17243157,243160,243204,243219,243221,243230,243232,243257,243267,243271,243291,243302,243373,243394,243408,243412,2434138173
Ferro-actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg2.5-0.0Fe2+2.5-5.0)Si8O22(OH)21243394129
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)226243157,243164,243204,243207,243208,243221,243222,243225,243229,243260,243267,243275,243281,243320,243325,243347,243352,243370,243373,243388,243397,243398,243412,243420,243422,243463271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12432042740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23243207,243398,2434129617
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2243263,2434627437
Gold  (*)CopperAu124346230554
Graphite  (*)NoneC9243158,243159,243162,243234,243255,243282,243284,243314,2434572812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O35243174,243267,243370,243394,24341214640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O36243184,243216,243234,243267,243413,2434265433
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)2124322668
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2243251,2432711271
Lizardite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41243275359
Magnesio-fluoro-hastingsite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Fe3+)(Si6Al2)O22F212433946
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O411931171203243157,243159,243163,243164,243165,243166,243167,243169,243170,243171,243172,243173,243174,243175,243176,243177,243178,243179,243180,243181,243182,243183,243184,243185,243186,243187,243188,243190,243191,243192,243193,243194,243196,243197,243199,243200,243202,243204,243205,243206,243207,243208,243210,243211,243214,243216,243217,243221,243222,243225,243226,243228,243229,243230,243235,243237,243238,243240,243243,243245,243248,243250,243260,243262,243267,243270,243271,243272,243275,243277,243278,243286,243288,243290,243292,243294,243295,243296,243297,243299,243300,243302,243304,243306,243310,243312,243316,243317,243319,243320,243321,243323,243325,243326,243327,243328,243329,243331,243332,243333,243334,243335,243336,243337,243338,243340,243341,243342,243344,243345,243347,243349,243350,243351,243352,243353,243355,243356,243357,243358,243359,243360,243361,243362,243363,243367,243368,243370,243371,243373,243374,243375,243376,243378,243379,243380,243382,243383,243384,243385,243386,243387,243388,243389,243390,243392,243393,243395,243397,243398,243400,243401,243403,243404,243406,243407,243410,243411,243412,243413,243416,243417,243419,243420,243421,243423,243424,243427,243429,243431,243433,243435,243437,243438,243440,243442,243444,243446,243447,243448,243450,243453,243456,243459,243460,243461,243463,243465,243466,243468,243471,243472,243473,243474,243475,243477,243478,243479,243481,243482,243484,243485,24348614899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124327512537
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)3243219,243267,2433144924
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)1243184945
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23243159,243234,24326717380
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2243282,2433081236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O3243292,243352,2433732994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)8243157,243159,243207,243226,243271,243282,243373,2434132349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)25243159,243216,243271,243282,2432832273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212432511898
Prismatine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Al,Fe)6Al4(Si,Al)4(B,Si,Al)(O,OH,F)222243226,24323410
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS248243170,243173,243174,243177,243180,243186,243194,243204,243207,243219,243221,243222,243225,243229,243248,243257,243260,243267,243270,243271,243275,243282,243292,243295,243297,243317,243320,243333,243344,243354,243373,243378,243384,243386,243388,243389,243393,243394,243412,243413,243416,243431,243456,243459,243462,243463,243468,24347739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212432673106
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83243222,243225,2432639056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO243243157,243160,243170,243201,243204,243207,243208,243219,243221,243222,243225,243226,243235,243240,243267,243270,243271,243274,243275,243282,243287,243291,243314,243316,243325,243347,243352,243356,243370,243373,243386,243393,243397,243398,243408,243412,243413,243414,243420,243422,243426,243433,24348461156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO22243234,2432675614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)3243204,243373,2434136417
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512432341516
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS2243412,24346221482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412432671934
Staurolite  (*)StauroliteFe2+2Al9Si4O23(OH)1243184978
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1243263589
Synchysite-(Y)  (*)NoneCaY(CO3)2F124326755
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212432753337
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)12431841006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O3243216,243267,2432824899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)22243267,2432712562
Uranopilite  (*)None(UO2)6(SO4)O2(OH)6·14H2O124329494
Vivianite  (*)VivianiteFe2+3(PO4)2·8H2O2243210,243211636
Xenotime-(Y)  (*)ZirconY(PO4)2243267,243270939
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)10243157,243184,243204,243207,243267,243302,243319,243343,243413,2434265251


27 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen0011781197.41182.81190.1±7.3206Pb/238U lowzirconNFD1-06-1.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen0011791208.31180.11194.2±14.1206Pb/238U lowzirconNFD1-06-2.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen0011801186.21171.21178.7±7.5206Pb/238U lowzirconNFD1-06-3.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen0011811238.51225.91232.2±6.3206Pb/238U lowzirconNFD1-06-4.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen0011821185.411541169.7±15.7206Pb/238U lowzirconNFD1-06-5.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen0011831192.91182.51187.7±5.2206Pb/238U lowzirconNFD1-06-5.2  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen0011841198.71186.11192.4±6.3206Pb/238U lowzirconNFD1-06-6.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen00118512131195.61204.3±8.7206Pb/238U lowzirconNFD1-06-7.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen0011861168.21157.61162.9±5.3206Pb/238U lowzirconNFD1-06-8.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen0011871127.71123.31125.5±2.2206Pb/238U lowzirconNFD1-06-8.2  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen0011881202.41177.41189.9±12.5206Pb/238U lowzirconNFD1-06-9.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen0011891205.51189.71197.6±7.9206Pb/238U lowzirconNFD1-06-10.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen0011901231.11218.91225±6.1206Pb/238U lowzirconNFD1-06-11.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001191120811521180±28207Pb/206Pb lowzirconNFD1-06-1.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001192121911731196±23207Pb/206Pb lowzirconNFD1-06-2.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001193118011321156±24207Pb/206Pb lowzirconNFD1-06-3.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001194118111231152±29207Pb/206Pb lowzirconNFD1-06-4.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001195119911571178±21207Pb/206Pb lowzirconNFD1-06-5.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001196120711871197±10207Pb/206Pb lowzirconNFD1-06-5.2  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001197117911511165±14207Pb/206Pb lowzirconNFD1-06-6.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001198118111231152±29207Pb/206Pb lowzirconNFD1-06-7.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001199123612061221±15207Pb/206Pb lowzirconNFD1-06-8.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001200115011321141±9207Pb/206Pb lowzirconNFD1-06-8.2  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001201116211001131±31207Pb/206Pb lowzirconNFD1-06-9.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001202118011401160±20207Pb/206Pb lowzirconNFD1-06-10.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001203114411141129±15207Pb/206Pb lowzirconNFD1-06-11.1  Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001406119311711182±11 emplacement of hornblende granitehighzircon   Zircon  12943Stony Brook Mine (Pike's Peak Mine), Charlotteburg, Kinnelon Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060984Scrub Oak Mine (Replogle Mine), Mine Hill Borough, Morris Co., New Jersey, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060984

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