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Locality Name:
Secaucus, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24246
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24246.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Secaucus, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Laurel Hill (Snake Hill; Penitentiary Quarry)

Latitude: 40°45'35"N
Longitude: 74°5'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.759722222222,-74.084444444444
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 Ba C Ca Cl Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Sr Ti Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAnalcimeApatiteApophylliteAragoniteBaryteBrochantiteCalciteChalcopyriteChlorite
ClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteCopperCorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteGarnet
GypsumGyroliteLöllingiteMalachiteMicaMixiteMolybdeniteNatroliteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPectolitePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStilbite
StilpnomelaneTitaniteZircon

50 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anatase  (*)Andradite  (*)Azurite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Brochantite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Copper  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)Epidote  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Galena  (*)
Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Gyrolite  (*)Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)
Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Malachite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Offretite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pectolite  (*)Petersite-(Y)  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pseudomalachite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Safflorite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stevensite  (*)
Stilbite-Ca  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)Strontianite  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12429378803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12429371627
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO212429372162
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312429371534
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212429375509
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124293711547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412429375516
Brochantite  (*)BrochantiteCu4(SO4)(OH)612429371633
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124293727770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12429375707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124293727198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O12429373531
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812429371756
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1242937966
Copper  (*)CopperCu12429373846
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12429372970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1242937498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12429378173
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O1242937303
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124293724243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12429377437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O12429376890
Gyrolite  (*)GyroliteNaCa16(Si23Al)O60(OH)8·14H2O1242937142
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124293714640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312429375433
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O12429371271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124293714899
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124293712537
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212429375800
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12429371236
Offretite  (*)Not in a structural groupKCaMg(Si13Al5)O36·15H2O1242937146
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12429372349
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)1242937363
Petersite-(Y)  (*)MixiteCu6Y(PO4)3(OH)6·3H2O12429378
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212429372273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212429371898
Pseudomalachite  (*)NoneCu5(PO4)2(OH)41242937369
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124293739462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212429373106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl12429371725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812429379056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124293761156
Safflorite  (*)LöllingiteCoAs21242937317
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124293721482
Stevensite  (*)Clay(Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)2124293757
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O1242937268
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1242937456
Strontianite  (*)AragoniteSr(CO3)1242937589
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12429374899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12429375251


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060538Laurel Hill (Snake Hill; Penitentiary Quarry), Secaucus, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USAhttps://rruff.info/R060538

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