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Locality Name:
Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3954
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3954.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA": 12
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 11
Child Localities:
Garret Street Condominium Construction Site
Garrett Rock (Garrett Mountain)
Hinchcliffe Stadium
Hoxie's Quarry
Interstate 80 Roadcut
Lower New Street Quarry
McKiernan & Bergin Quarry (Hawkins Quarry)
Passaic Falls
Philip Kramer Quarry
Ryle Avenue Quarry
Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry)

Latitude: 40°54'30"N
Longitude: 74°10'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.908333333333,-74.173888888889
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 B Ba C Ca Cd Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O Pb S Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AllophaneAmorphousAnalcimeApophylliteBaryteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayCopper
CorundumEttringiteFeldsparGadoliniteGypsumHarmotomeHeulanditeMalachiteMordeniteNatrolite
NoneNot in a structural groupPectolitePrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksalt
RutileSphaleriteStilbiteStilpnomelaneThomsoniteTitaniteWurtzite

44 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Chrysocolla  (*)Copper  (*)Datolite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epistilbite  (*)
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)Galena  (*)Glauberite  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Harmotome  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Heulandite-Ca  (*)Laumontite  (*)
Malachite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Natrolite  (*)Opal  (*)Pectolite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Scolecite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stevensite  (*)Stilbite-Ca  (*)
Stilpnomelane  (*)Thaumasite  (*)Thomsonite-Ca  (*)Titanite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)2243537,2435428803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O4243534,243535,243537,2435421627
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)2243537,2435421588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)22243539,2435425509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)1243542161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)2243534,24354211547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)5243534,243535,243536,243537,24354227770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O1243542310
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S12435425707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS22243537,24354227198
Chrysocolla  (*)Allophane(Cu2-xAlx)H2-xSi2O5(OH)4·nH2O2243531,2435373531
Copper  (*)CopperCu12435423846
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)5243534,243535,243537,243538,243542498
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)212435429895
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O1243542138
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O3243535,243537,243542303
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS2243537,24354224243
Glauberite  (*)NoneNa2Ca(SO4)21243537137
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS2243537,243542717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O2243537,2435426890
Harmotome  (*)HarmotomeBa2(Si12Al4)O32·12H2O1243534290
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61243542741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O32243538,24354214640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O1243542246
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O4243535,243537,243538,2435421271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)22243535,24354212537
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O2243537,243542425
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O4243535,243536,243537,2435421236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O12435422994
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)6243531,243534,243535,243536,243537,243542363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)27243531,243534,243535,243536,243537,243538,2435421898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O2243537,243542106
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2124354239462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO22243537,2435423106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO25243535,243536,243537,243538,24354261156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O1243542390
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)12435426417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS124353721482
Stevensite  (*)Clay(Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)23243536,243537,24354257
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O1243542268
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O1243537456
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O3243536,243537,243542183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O2243537,243542452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O12435424899


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