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Locality Name:
West Windsor Township, Mercer Co., New Jersey, USA


mindat Locality ID: 248585
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-248585.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "West Windsor Township, Mercer Co., New Jersey, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Margerum Brothers Quarry

Latitude: 40°20'0"N
Longitude: 74°39'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.333333333333,-74.65
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 Ba C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeAragoniteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteClayClinozoisite
CorundumEpidoteFeldsparMalachiteMicaNatroliteNoneNot in a structural groupPrehnitePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzSphaleriteTitanite

26 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)
Brookite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)
Cuprite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Graphite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Malachite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)Orthoclase  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12430898803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12430891627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12430893250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124308911547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412430895516
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21243089700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124308927770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12430895707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124308927198
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812430891756
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12430892970
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612430894135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212430899895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12430898173
Graphite  (*)NoneC12430892812
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O312430895433
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2124308912537
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O12430891236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12430892994
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12430892349
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212430892273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)212430891898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124308939462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124308961156
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124308921482
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12430894899


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