Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Chimney Rock Quarry (Houdaille Industries Quarry; The Bound Brook Quarry; Stavola Industries Quarry), Bridgewater Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3951
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3951.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chimney Rock Quarry (Houdaille Industries Quarry; The Bound Brook Quarry; Stavola Industries Quarry), Bridgewater Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°35'4"N
Longitude: 74°33'55"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.584444444444,-74.565277777778

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

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

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 Cu Fe H Mn Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Al B C Ca Cu Fe H Mn Na O Pb S Si

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

24 IMA Minerals at location:

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

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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