Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bergen Co., New Jersey, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 220
Youngest recorded age at locality: 220

mindat Locality ID: 23780
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23780.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bergen Co., New Jersey, USA": 34
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 21

Number of Child Localities: 15
Child Localities:
Alpine
Bergen Hill
Cliffside Park
Closter
Edgewater
Englewood
Fort Lee
Glen Rock Borough
Hackensack
Ho-Ho-Kus (Hohokus)
Mahwah Township
North Arlington
Palisades Park Township
Ridgefield Park
Woodcliff Park (Woodcliff)

Latitude: 40°53'42"N
Longitude: 74°1'10"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.895,-74.019444444444

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.

Allanite	Allophane	Amphibole	Analcime	Andalusite	Apatite	Apophyllite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Gadolinite	Garnet	Malachite	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Phenakite
Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilpnomelane
Titanite	Tourmaline	Vesuvianite	Wurtzite	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 Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allanite Allophane Amphibole Analcime Andalusite Apatite Apophyllite Baryte Beryl Calcite
Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Gadolinite Garnet Malachite Marcasite Molybdenite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Phenakite
Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite Spinel Stilpnomelane
Titanite Tourmaline Vesuvianite Wurtzite Zircon

53 IMA Minerals at location:

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Analcime ()*	Andalusite ()*
Andradite ()*	Augite ()*	Azurite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Covellite ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*
Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Franklinite ()*
Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pseudomalachite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stevensite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*	Vesuvianite ()*
Willemite ()*	Zincite ()*	Zircon ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	242825	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	242825	8803
Allanite-(Ce) ()*	Allanite Epidote	CaCe(Al₂Fe²⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	242825	706
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O			2	242813,242825	1627
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅			1	242820	1310
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃			1	242825	1534
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆			1	242813	2060
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	220	220	1	242834	5509
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	220	220	3	242825,242834,242838	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	220	220	8	242813,242819,242820,242821,242825,242829,242834,242839	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	220	220	2	242834,242838	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			1	242825	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	220	220	1	242834	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	242820	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	242820	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	220	220	1	242834	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈			1	242821	1008
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	220	220	1	242834	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	220	220	1	242834	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)			2	242820,242825	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	220	220	3	242813,242825,242834	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂			1	242825	271
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			1	242825	2740
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O			1	242825	303
Franklinite ()*	Spinel	ZnFe³⁺₂O₄			1	242829	52
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			2	242821,242825	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	242825	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	242825	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	242825	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			4	242813,242825,242830,242832	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	220	220	2	242834,242838	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	242825	5674
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O			1	242825	425
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	242825	5800
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O			3	242820,242825,242839	1236
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	242839	2349
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)			3	242820,242825,242839	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	242825,242839	1898
Pseudomalachite ()*	None	Cu₅(PO₄)₂(OH)₄	220	220	1	242834	369
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	242820,242825,242839	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	242825	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			4	242819,242820,242825,242838	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	220	220	1	242834	5614
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	242825	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O			1	242820	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			1	242825	21482
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	242825	57
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O			1	242825	456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	242825	4899
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	242813	1395
Willemite ()*	Phenakite	Zn₂SiO₄			1	242829	303
Zincite ()*	Wurtzite	ZnO			1	242829	98
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	242825	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedcu-00672	220	220	Triassic										Cu	4509	Schuyler Copper Mine (Schuyler Mine; Arlington Mine), North Arlington, Bergen Co., New Jersey, USA	Schuyler	Cox et al. (2003)		USGSOFR03_107

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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