Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

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

mindat Locality ID: 23783
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23783.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Washington Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 20

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Beattystown
Fairmount
Hacklebarney
Hunt Farm Explorations
Lake Farm Explorations
Long Valley (German Valley)
Marsh Mine
Pleasant Grove
Pottersville (Somerset Co.)
Schooleys Mountain (Hamburg Mountain; Schooley's Mountain; Wawayanda)
Stoutenburgh Mine

Latitude: 40°46'21"N
Longitude: 74°45'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.7725,-74.765555555556

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.

Amphibole	Copper	Diaspore	Feldspar	None	Pyrite	Sphalerite	Spinel

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 Au C Ca Fe H Na O S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Copper Diaspore Feldspar None Pyrite Sphalerite Spinel

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Albite ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sphalerite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	243463	8803
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	243463	271
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	243462	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	243462	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	243457	2812
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	18	243456,243459,243460,243461,243463,243465,243466,243468,243471,243472,243473,243474,243475,243477,243478,243479,243481,243482	14899
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	6	243456,243459,243462,243463,243468,243477	39462
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	243462	21482

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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