Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bridgewater Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 28147
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-28147.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bridgewater Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
American Mine (Alpha Copper Mine; Bridgewater Mine; Somerville Mine; Somerville Deposit)
Chimney Rock (Geographical Feature)
Chimney Rock Copper Mine
Chimney Rock Gorge
Chimney Rock Quarry (Houdaille Industries Quarry; The Bound Brook Quarry; Stavola Industries Quarry)
Dock Watch Quarry
Martinsville
Sunset Lake
Washington Mine

Latitude: 40°35'49"N
Longitude: 74°34'23"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.596944444444,-74.573055555556

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	Analcime	Atacamite	Brochantite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore
Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite
Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Atacamite ()*	Bornite ()*
Brochantite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*
Copper ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*	Epidote ()*	Galena ()*
Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Tenorite ()*

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 C Ca Cl Cu Fe H Mn Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Atacamite Brochantite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore
Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite Gypsum Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite
Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	243662	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	243662	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	243662	1588
Atacamite ()*	Atacamite	Cu₂Cl(OH)₃	1	243658	544
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	2	243661,243662	5516
Brochantite ()*	Brochantite	Cu₄(SO₄)(OH)₆	1	243662	1633
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	243658,243659,243662	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	3	243658,243662,243668	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	243658,243662,243666	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	3	243658,243659,243662	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	4	243658,243662,243668,243669	3846
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	3	243658,243662,243669	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	243662	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	243658,243662	8173
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	243662	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	243662	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	1	243662	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	243662	14640
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	1	243658	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	3	243658,243662,243668	12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1	243662	1236
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	1	243662	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	243658,243662,243666	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	243658	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	243662	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	243658,243662	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2	243658,243662	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	243659	1101

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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