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Locality Name:
Cranberry Lake, Byram Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA


mindat Locality ID: 17737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cranberry Lake, Byram Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
BEMCO Prospect (Charlotte Mine)
Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad Quarry
Mc Kean Mine (Bird Mine)
North Jersey Stone Co. Quarry

Latitude: 40°56'50"N
Longitude: 74°43'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.947222222222,-74.731111111111
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 B Ca Cu F Fe H K Na Nb O S Si Th U Y Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAmphiboleApatiteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteColumbiteEpidoteFeldsparFluorite
MicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzSpinelZircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Samarskite-(Y)  (*)Thorite  (*)
Tritomite-(Y)  (*)Uraninite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12437288803
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124372827198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12437318173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21243731271
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212437289617
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O43243728,243730,24373114899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12437314924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124373117380
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12437282994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)2243728,2437312349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22243728,24373139462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812437289056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22243728,24373161156
Samarskite-(Y)  (*)ColumbiteYFe3+Nb2O81243728353
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)12437281006
Tritomite-(Y)  (*)ApatiteY5(SiO4,BO4)3(O,OH,F)12437286
Uraninite  (*)FluoriteUO212437282718
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)2243728,2437315251


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