Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 252405
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252405.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Prospect Park Quarry (Sowerbutt Quarry; Vandermade Quarry; Warren Brothers Quarry)

Latitude: 40°56'28"N
Longitude: 74°10'32"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.941111111111,-74.175555555556

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.

Allophane	Amphibole	Analcime	Apophyllite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Gmelinite	Gypsum
Heulandite	Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stilbite	Thomsonite	Wurtzite

Actinolite ()*	Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*
Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*
Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Galena ()*	Gmelinite-Na ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*
Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Heulandite-Ca ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Laumontite ()*
Malachite ()*	Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Stevensite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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: Ag Al B Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amphibole Analcime Apophyllite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Copper Corundum Covellite Diaspore Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Gadolinite Gmelinite Gypsum
Heulandite Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rhodonite Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite Stilbite Thomsonite Wurtzite

44 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	243554	3419
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	243554	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	243554	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	243554	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	243554	1588
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	243554	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	243554	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	243554	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	243554	27770
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	243554	310
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	243554	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	243554	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	243554	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	243554	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	1	243554	4165
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	243554	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	243554	498
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	243554	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	243554	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	243554	271
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	243554	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	243554	24243
Gmelinite-Na ()*	Gmelinite	Na₄(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O	1	243554	25
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	243554	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	243554	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	243554	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	243554	14640
Heulandite-Ca ()*	Heulandite	(Ca,Na,K)₅(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·26H₂O	1	243554	246
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	1	243554	85
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	243554	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	243554	12537
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	243554	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	243554	1236
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	243554	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	243554	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	243554	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	243554	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	243554	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	243554	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	243554	21482
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	243554	57
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	243554	268
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	243554	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	243554	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R040021	Prospect Park, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA	https://rruff.info/R040021

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