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Locality Name:
Pahaquarry Township, Warren Co., New Jersey, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 420
Youngest recorded age at locality: 420

mindat Locality ID: 24231
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24231.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pahaquarry Township, Warren Co., New Jersey, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Calno
Delaware Water Gap

Latitude: 41°0'29"N
Longitude: 75°3'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.008055555556,-75.066388888889

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 C Ca Cu H O S Si 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneCalciteCovelliteMalachiteNoneNot in a structural group

7 IMA Minerals at location:
Azurite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Covellite  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Malachite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)242042012441275509
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)420420124412727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S42042012441275707
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O42042012441273531
Covellite  (*)CovelliteCuS42042012441274165
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O42042012441272970
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2420420124412712537



1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedcu-00670420420Silurian       Cu8366Pahaquarry Mines, Calno, Pahaquarry Township, Warren Co., New Jersey, USAPahaquarryCox et al. (2003) USGSOFR03_107 


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