Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 477
Youngest recorded age at locality: 395

mindat Locality ID: 246607
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-246607.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Beemerville Main Nepheline-syenite Mass
Sussex Nepheline-syenite Sill

Latitude: 41°13'27"N
Longitude: 74°39'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.224166666667,-74.664444444444

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Analcime	Calcite	Cancrinite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica
None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Sodalite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aegirine-augite ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Andradite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cancrinite ()*	Diopside ()*	Fluorite ()*	Haüyne ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Leucite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Sodalite ()*	Titanite ()*
Zircon ()*

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 Cl F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Analcime Calcite Cancrinite Cancrinite-sodalite Clay Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica
None Pyrite Pyroxene Sodalite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	477	395	2	243916,243917	1022
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	477	395	1	243916	286
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	477	395	1	243916	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	477	395	1	243916	1627
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	477	395	1	243916	1534
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	477	395	1	243916	27770
Cancrinite ()*	Cancrinite	(Na,Ca, )₈(Al₆Si₆)O₂₄(CO₃,SO₄)₂·2H₂O	477	395	1	243916	232
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	477	395	1	243916	4135
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	477	395	1	243916	9617
Haüyne ()*	Sodalite Cancrinite-sodalite	Na₃Ca(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂(SO₄)	477	395	1	243916	158
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	477	395	1	243916	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	477	395	1	243916	14640
Leucite ()*	Analcime	K(AlSi₂O₆)	477	395	1	243916	233
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	477	395	1	243916	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	459	415	1	243917	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	477	395	2	243916,243917	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	477	395	2	243916,243917	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	477	395	1	243916	39462
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	477	395	1	243916	444
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	477	395	2	243916,243917	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	477	395	1	243916	5251

Locality Notes from all Ages at Locality:

Age ID	Locality Notes
Jen_0000865	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sills. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Melteigite, malignite, nepheline syenite, phonolite.
Jen_0000866	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sills. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Melteigite, malignite, nepheline syenite, phonolite.
Jen_0000867	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sills. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Melteigite, malignite, nepheline syenite, phonolite.
Jen_0000868	MAGMATIC STYLE: Dykes and sills. ASSOCIATED SILICATE ROCKS: Melteigite, malignite, nepheline syenite, phonolite.

7 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Sample Num	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
AJS265_848-00010	459	415	437±22	K-Ar		biotite	260B	12308	Beemerville Main Nepheline-syenite Mass, Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	Beemerville	Zartman et al. (1967)	10.2475/ajs.265.10.848	AJS265_848
AJS265_848-00011	459	415	437±22	K-Ar		biotite	261B	12308	Beemerville Main Nepheline-syenite Mass, Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	Beemerville	Zartman et al. (1967)	10.2475/ajs.265.10.848	AJS265_848
Jen_0000865	430	430	430					12308	Beemerville Main Nepheline-syenite Mass, Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	Beemerville	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000866	459	415	437±22	K-Ar		biotite		12308	Beemerville Main Nepheline-syenite Mass, Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	Beemerville	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000867	477	395	436±41	Rb-Sr				12308	Beemerville Main Nepheline-syenite Mass, Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	Beemerville	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
Jen_0000868	444	404	424±20	Rb-Sr				12308	Beemerville Main Nepheline-syenite Mass, Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	Beemerville	Woolley and Kjarsgaard (2008)	10.4095/225115	GSCOF5796
USGS-Rb-Sr-01765	458.92	418.92	438.92±20	Rb-Sr	age of intrusion	biotite		12308	Beemerville Main Nepheline-syenite Mass, Libertyville, Wantage Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA		USGS-Rb-Sr		USGS-Rb-Sr

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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