Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Millington Quarry (Morris County Crushed Stone Co. Quarry; Tilcon Quarry), Bernards Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 3952
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3952.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Millington Quarry (Morris County Crushed Stone Co. Quarry; Tilcon Quarry), Bernards Township, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°40'0"N
Longitude: 74°31'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.666666666667,-74.516666666667

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.

Amorphous	Amphibole	Analcime	Apophyllite	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcanthite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay
Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Garnet	Gypsum	Ilvaite	Natrolite	Nickeline	None
Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rocksalt	Scapolite	Sepiolite
Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Stilbite	Thomsonite

Actinolite ()*	Aerinite ()*	Albite ()*	Almandine ()*	Analcime ()*
Anhydrite ()*	Augite ()*	Babingtonite ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chamosite ()*	Clinochlore ()*	Datolite ()*
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Galena ()*	Goethite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilvaite ()*	Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Marialite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Nontronite ()*	Opal ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Saponite ()*	Sepiolite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*	Stilbite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Todorokite ()*

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 Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Ba C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Sr Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Analcime Apophyllite Baryte Calcite Chalcanthite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay
Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Gadolinite Garnet Gypsum Ilvaite Natrolite Nickeline None
Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rhodonite Rocksalt Scapolite Sepiolite
Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Stilbite Thomsonite

40 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3419
Aerinite ()*	Not in a structural group	(Ca,Na)₆(Fe³⁺,Fe²⁺,Mg,Al)₄(Al,Mg)₆Si₁₂O₃₆(OH)₁₂(CO₃)·12H₂O	22
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	8803
Almandine ()*	Garnet	Fe²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	2353
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1588
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	2060
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	925
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Chamosite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Fe²⁺,Mg,Al,Fe³⁺)₆(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH,O)₈	577
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	1756
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	498
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	7437
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilvaite ()*	Ilvaite	CaFe³⁺Fe²⁺₂O(Si₂O₇)(OH)	197
Magnesio-riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Mg₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	93
Marialite ()*	Scapolite	Na₄Al₃Si₉O₂₄Cl	139
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1508
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	1236
Nontronite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	Na_0.3Fe³⁺₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	471
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	375
Saponite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Ca,Na)_0.3(Mg,Fe)₃(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₂·4H₂O	301
Sepiolite ()*	Sepiolite Clay	Mg₄Si₆O₁₅(OH)₂·6H₂O	241
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	189
Stilbite-Ca ()*	Stilbite	NaCa₄(Si₂₇Al₉)O₇₂·28H₂O	268
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	452
Todorokite ()*	None	(Na,Ca,K,Ba,Sr)_1-x(Mn,Mg,Al)₆O₁₂·3-4H₂O	433

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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