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Locality Name:
Fort Lee, Bergen Co., New Jersey, USA


mindat Locality ID: 24439
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24439.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Fort Lee, Bergen Co., New Jersey, USA": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Interstate 95 And George Washington Bridge Lower Level Roadcut
Joseph Devlin Quarry
North Hoyt Street

Latitude: 40°51'1"N
Longitude: 73°58'7"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.850277777778,-73.968611111111

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 B Ba C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleAnalcimeApatiteApophylliteBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisite
CorundumDiasporeEpidoteFeldsparGadoliniteGarnetMarcasiteMolybdeniteNatroliteNone
PectolitePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinelStilpnomelaneTitanite
TourmalineZircon

33 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Analcime  (*)Andradite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Datolite  (*)Epidote  (*)
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Galena  (*)Goethite  (*)
Hematite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Mesolite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Schorl  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stevensite  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Titanite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212428253419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12428258803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1242825706
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12428251627
Andradite  (*)GarnetCa3Fe3+2(SiO4)312428251534
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124282511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124282527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124282527198
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1242825498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12428258173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21242825271
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12428252740
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O1242825303
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124282524243
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)12428257437
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124282514640
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312428255433
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124282514899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS212428255674
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O1242825425
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212428255800
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12428251236
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)1242825363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212428251898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124282539462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212428253106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124282561156
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)12428252705
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124282521482
Stevensite  (*)Clay(Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)2124282557
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1242825456
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12428254899
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12428255251



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