Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Griggstown, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 282081
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-282081.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Griggstown, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Griggstown Mine (Franklin Mine)

Latitude: 40°24'59"N
Longitude: 74°35'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.416388888889,-74.599722222222

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	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Feldspar
Fluorite	Garnet	Linarite	Malachite	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Rocksalt	Spinel	Titanite

Albite ()*	Andradite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcocite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Cordierite ()*	Cuprite ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*
Hematite ()*	Linarite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Malachite ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Silver ()*	Tenorite ()*	Titanite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Na O Pb S Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Feldspar
Fluorite Garnet Linarite Malachite None Not in a structural group Pyrite Rocksalt Spinel Titanite

24 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	243675	8803
Andradite ()*	Garnet	Ca₃Fe³⁺₂(SiO₄)₃	1	243675	1534
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	243675	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	243675	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	243675	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	243675	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	243675	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	243675	3846
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	243675	1008
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	243675	2970
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	1	243675	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	243675	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	243675	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	243675	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	243675	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	243675	14640
Linarite ()*	Linarite	CuPb(SO₄)(OH)₂	1	243675	987
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	243675	14899
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	243675	12537
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	243675	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	243675	39462
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	243675	5186
Tenorite ()*	None	CuO	1	243675	1101
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	243675	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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