Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Mercer Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 23807
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23807.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Mercer Co., New Jersey, USA": 28
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 18

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Ewing Township
Glenmore
Hamilton Township
Hopewell
Hopewell Township
Lawrence Township
Princeton
West Windsor Township

Latitude: 40°17'0"N
Longitude: 74°43'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.283333333333,-74.7275

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	Amphibole	Analcime	Aragonite	Baryte	Brookite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite
Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Malachite	Marcasite
Mica	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stilpnomelane	Titanite	Tourmaline

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Baryte ()*
Bornite ()*	Brookite ()*	Calcite ()*	Celadonite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Chrysotile ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Cuprite ()*
Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*	Scolecite ()*	Silver ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*	Titanite ()*	Vermiculite ()*

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 B Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Aragonite Baryte Brookite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite
Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Malachite Marcasite
Mica Natrolite None Not in a structural group Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Serpentine
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stilpnomelane Titanite Tourmaline

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# 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	243071	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	243071,243089	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	2	243078,243089	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	243089	3250
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	3	243068,243076,243089	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	243089	5516
Brookite ()*	Brookite	TiO₂	1	243089	700
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	5	243071,243080,243081,243086,243089	27770
Celadonite ()*	Mica Clay	KMgFe³⁺Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	243079	309
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	243089	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	4	243071,243080,243081,243089	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	243068,243083	3531
Chrysotile ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	243071	951
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1	243089	1756
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	243089	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	243071	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	243089	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	243089	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	3	243071,243079,243089	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	243071	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	0		7437
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	243089	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	243089	5433
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	243071,243089	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	243080	5674
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	4	243071,243080,243081,243089	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	243089	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	243071,243089	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	243089	2273
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	243071,243080,243089	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	5	243080,243081,243084,243086,243089	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	243068,243071,243076,243087,243089	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	243080	2705
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	243082	390
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	243071	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	243071,243080,243089	21482
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	0		456
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	243089	4899
Vermiculite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Mg_0.7(Mg,Fe,Al)₆(Si,Al)₈O₂₀(OH)₄·8H₂O	2	243071,243081	652

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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