Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 17738
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17738.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Byram Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA": 29
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 22

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Bedell Mine
Byerly Openings
Byram Crushed Stone Quarry (Tilcon Byram Quarry)
Cranberry Lake
Lawrence Farm Explorations
Lockwood
Roseville
Silver Mine
Stanhope
Waterloo
Whitehall

Latitude: 40°56'4"N
Longitude: 74°43'9"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.934444444444,-74.719166666667

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Gypsum	Humite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel	Talc	Titanite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chondrodite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Copper ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Spinel ()*	Talc ()*	Thorite ()*
Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*	Tritomite-(Y) ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O S Si Th Ti U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Copper
Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Gypsum Humite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None
Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Spinel Talc Titanite Zircon

35 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	243728	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	3	243733,243749,243752	2060
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	243726,243733,243736,243741	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	243728,243736	27198
Chondrodite ()*	Humite	Mg₅(SiO₄)₂F₂	1	243733	285
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	243736	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	243743	3846
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	243726	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	243736	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	4	243731,243736,243743,243749	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	6	243724,243731,243736,243742,243743,243752	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	243728,243749	9617
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	243733	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	243743	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	3	243725,243736,243741	14640
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	19	243724,243725,243728,243730,243731,243732,243735,243736,243737,243739,243740,243741,243742,243743,243744,243747,243749,243750,243752	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	3	243731,243749,243752	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	243743	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	1	243743	140
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	243731,243737	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	243728	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	4	243728,243731,243749,243752	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	2	243726,243733	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	9	243728,243731,243736,243737,243740,243741,243742,243743,243749	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	243728,243737,243742	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	7	243728,243731,243733,243742,243743,243749,243752	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	243728	353
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	243733	1934
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	2	243733,243736	3337
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	243728	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	243752	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	243726	2562
Tritomite-(Y) ()*	Apatite	Y₅(SiO₄,BO₄)₃(O,OH,F)	1	243728	6
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	243728	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	4	243728,243731,243749,243752	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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