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Locality Name:
Little Falls Township, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA


mindat Locality ID: 26505
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26505.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Falls Township, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Great Notch
Houdaille Quarry (Consolidated Stone And Sand Company Quarry; Consolidated Quarry)
Little Falls
Little Falls Quarry
Newark Aqueduct

Latitude: 40°52'8"N
Longitude: 74°11'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.868888888889,-74.198888888889

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 Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P S Si Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAnalcimeApophylliteAragoniteBaryteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteClay
ClinozoisiteCorundumDiasporeEpidoteEttringiteFeldsparGadoliniteGypsumMalachiteNatrolite
NoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnitePyriteQuartzRhodoniteRutileSphaleriteStilpnomelane
ThomsoniteWurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Aragonite  (*)Azurite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Canaphite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)
Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chrysocolla  (*)Cuprite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Epidote  (*)Glauberite  (*)Goethite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scolecite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stevensite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Thaumasite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12435148803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O12435141627
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)12435143250
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)212435145509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1243514161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124351411547
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS412435145516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)6243512,243514,243516,243518,243520,24352127770
Canaphite  (*)NoneNa2CaP2O7·4H2O12435152
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O1243517310
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S2243514,2435185707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2124351427198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2243514,2435183531
Cuprite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu2O12435142970
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)1243514498
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12435148173
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)21243512137
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)2243514,2435187437
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS1243514717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2243514,2435186890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32243514,24351814640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20(OH,F)·8H2O2243512,24351785
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O4243512,243514,243517,2435221271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22243514,24351812537
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O2243514,2435221236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12435142994
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)3243512,243514,243521363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)25243514,243516,243517,243521,2435221898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124351439462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO212435143106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO26243514,243515,243516,243517,243518,24352161156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O1243514390
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124351421482
Stevensite  (*)Clay(Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)2124351457
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1243514456
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O1243514183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O1243514452



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