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


mindat Locality ID: 24657
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-24657.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jersey City, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Bergen Hill
Marion Place
Mt Pleasant
O'Neill & Hopkins Quarry
Pavonia Avenue And Chestnut Avenue Sewer Excavation

Latitude: 40°43'11"N
Longitude: 74°3'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.719722222222,-74.064166666667
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 Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeBaryteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayCopperGadoliniteNatrolite
NoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnitePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutileSphaleriteSpinel
StilbiteThomsonite

23 IMA Minerals at location:
Analcime  (*)Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Copper  (*)Datolite  (*)Galena  (*)Laumontite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Mesolite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)
Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Scolecite  (*)Siderite  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Stellerite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O3242922,242923,2429261627
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124292511547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)4242922,242923,242925,24292627770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124292227198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)82242923,2429251756
Copper  (*)CopperCu12429253846
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)3242922,242923,242926498
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2242925,24292624243
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O2242922,2429261271
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124292514899
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O1242926425
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O5242920,242922,242923,242925,2429261236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12429252994
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)3242920,242922,242923363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)23242920,242922,2429261898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS22242922,24292639462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23242922,242923,24292561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212429275614
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O1242926390
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12429306417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3242922,242923,24292621482
Stellerite  (*)StilbiteCa4(Si28Al8)O72·28H2O1242926189
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O1242920452


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