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Locality Name:
Hardyston Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA


mindat Locality ID: 23810
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23810.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hardyston Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA": 20
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hamburg Area
Hamburg Mountain
Rudeville
Stockholm
Wallkill Valley Aggregates

Latitude: 41°8'29"N
Longitude: 74°32'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.141388888889,-74.542222222222

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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 As B C Ca Cl Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O P S Si Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteCalciteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcopyriteClayCorundumDiasporeFluorite
HumiteMicaNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartzRutile
ScapoliteSodaliteSpinelTitaniteTridymiteWarwickiteZircon

34 IMA Minerals at location:
Arsenopyrite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Corundum  (*)
Dolomite  (*)Edenite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Fluoro-edenite  (*)Fluorophlogopite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Goethite  (*)Graphite  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Meionite  (*)Nepheline  (*)
Norbergite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sillimanite  (*)Sinhalite  (*)Sodalite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Titanite  (*)Warwickite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3243832,243836,2438399052
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6243832,243834,243836,243838,243839,24384727770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124383927198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F22243832,243839285
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312438391797
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212438399895
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)21243839160
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F3124383252
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12438392740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF23243832,243836,2438399617
Fluoro-edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22F2124383227
Fluorophlogopite  (*)MicaKMg3(Si3Al)O10F2124383247
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)12438321188
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2243833,2438347437
Graphite  (*)NoneC4243832,243834,243836,2438392812
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61243832741
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312438395433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O44243842,243843,243844,24384614899
Meionite  (*)ScapoliteCa4Al6Si6O24(CO3)1243837176
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)1243839884
Norbergite  (*)HumiteMg3(SiO4)F2124383237
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21243832313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)22243836,2438392273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124383639462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S82243836,2438399056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22243839,24384761156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212438395614
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO512438301516
Sinhalite  (*)OlivineMgAl(BO4)124383220
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl1243839444
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412438391934
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O2243836,2438394899
Warwickite  (*)Warwickite(Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)2O(BO3)124383215
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)3243832,243834,2438455251



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