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Locality Name:
Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA


mindat Locality ID: 295901
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-295901.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Lime Crest Quarry (Lime Crest-Southdown Quarry; Limecrest Quarry)

Latitude: 41°3'19"N
Longitude: 74°40'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.055277777778,-74.682777777778
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 As B Ba C Ca Ce F Fe H K Mg Mo Na O P Pb S Si Ti Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllaniteAmphiboleApatiteArsenopyriteAxiniteBaryteBruciteCalciteChloriteClay
CorundumEpidoteFeldsparFluoriteGarnetHumiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNone
Not in a structural groupPyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltRutileSerpentineSphaleriteSpinelTalc
TitaniteTourmalineWollastoniteZircon

45 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Albite  (*)Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Axinite-(Fe)  (*)
Baryte  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Chrysotile  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Corundum  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)
Edenite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Fluoro-tremolite  (*)
Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Grossular  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Hemimorphite  (*)Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Magnetite  (*)Microcline  (*)Molybdenite  (*)
Muscovite  (*)Norbergite  (*)Pargasite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)
Talc  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)212438633419
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)12438638803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1243863706
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS12438639052
Axinite-(Fe)  (*)AxiniteCa4Fe2+2Al4[B2Si8O30](OH)21243863260
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)124386311547
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)21243863462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)124386327770
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F21243863285
Chrysotile  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)41243863951
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)812438631756
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O312438631797
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O612438634135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212438639895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1243863648
Edenite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2Mg5(Si7Al)O22(OH)21243863160
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F3124386352
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F12438632740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF212438639617
Fluoro-tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2Mg5Si8O22F212438638
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS124386324243
Graphite  (*)NoneC12438632812
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)312438631544
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61243863741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3124386314640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O12438631689
Magnesio-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21243863238
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4124386314899
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)12438634924
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS212438635800
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2124386317380
Norbergite  (*)HumiteMg3(SiO4)F2124386337
Pargasite  (*)AmphiboleNaCa2(Mg4Al)(Si6Al2)O22(OH)21243863313
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)212438632273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124386339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S812438639056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2124386361156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO212438635614
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124386321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O412438631934
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)212438633337
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12438634899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)212438632562
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO312438631247
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)12438635251


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