Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 19098
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19098.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 19

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Bonhamtown
Cheesequake (Jacksonville)
Dunellen
Edison
Metuchen
Milltown Borough
New Brunswick
North Brunswick Township
Piscataway
Piscataway Township
Sayreville
South Amboy Borough
South River Borough
Woodbridge

Latitude: 40°30'3"N
Longitude: 74°23'24"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.500833333333,-74.39

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	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum
Cristobalite	Epidote	Gypsum	Iron	Kaolinite	Malachite	Marcasite	Melanterite	None	Not in a structural group
Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Talc

Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cristobalite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Epidote ()*	Gold ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Lechatelierite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Melanterite ()*	Mullite ()*	Opal ()*
Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Siderite ()*
Silver ()*	Talc ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 Au Ba C Ca Cu Fe H Mg Mn O S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum
Cristobalite Epidote Gypsum Iron Kaolinite Malachite Marcasite Melanterite None Not in a structural group
Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Talc

33 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	243101	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	4	243101,243103,243104,243112	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	243101	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	243101,243106	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	243101	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	243101	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	243096,243101	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	7	243093,243096,243097,243101,243103,243104,243112	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	5	243096,243101,243103,243104,243118	3846
Cristobalite ()*	Cristobalite	SiO₂	1	243116	453
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	4	243101,243103,243104,243112	2970
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	243101,243108	8173
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	243097	30554
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	243108,243113	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	243101,243115	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	243101	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	2	243101,243108	1089
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	4	243095,243101,243115,243116	5591
Lechatelierite ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂	1	243116	62
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	243096,243101	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	5	243097,243101,243103,243104,243106	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	6	243109,243113,243114,243115,243116,243117	5674
Melanterite ()*	Melanterite	Fe(SO₄)·7H₂O	5	243091,243102,243115,243116,243117	915
Mullite ()*	None	Al_4+2xSi_2-2xO_10-x (x ≈ 0.4)	1	243116	78
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	243093	2994
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	243093	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	12	243091,243098,243101,243102,243108,243109,243113,243114,243115,243116,243117,243118	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	243101	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	243101,243108,243113,243115,243117	61156
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	2	243117,243118	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	243101,243112	5186
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	243101	3337
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	243101	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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