Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Randolph Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23759
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23759.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Randolph Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA": 50
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 40

Number of Child Localities: 14
Child Localities:
Black Hills Mine
Byram Mine
Calais (Golden Corner)
Corwin Mine
Erb Mine
Ferro Mount
Irondale
Ironia (Calais)
Lawrence Mine (Gordon Mine)
Mine Hill
Mt Freedom
Port Oram
Succasunna
Union

Latitude: 40°51'33"N
Longitude: 74°35'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.859166666667,-74.585277777778

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	Calcite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Spinel	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 C Ca Fe H O S Si Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Calcite None Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Spinel Zircon

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Babingtonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Magnetite ()*	Opal ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	243339	161
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	243355	27770
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	4	243320,243325,243347,243352	271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	39	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	14899
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	243352	2994
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	243317,243320,243333,243344,243354	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	243316,243325,243347,243352,243356	61156
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	243319,243343	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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