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Locality Name:
Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA


mindat Locality ID: 5400
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-5400.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Upper New Street Quarry (Burger's Quarry), Paterson, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 40°52'59"N
Longitude: 74°10'59"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.883055555556,-74.183055555556

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 

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

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmorphousAnalcimeApophylliteBaryteCalciteChabaziteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundum
EttringiteFeldsparGadoliniteGypsumHeulanditeMalachiteMordeniteNatroliteNoneNot in a structural group
PectolitePrehnitePumpellyitePyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileStilbite
ThomsoniteTitaniteWurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Analcime  (*)Anhydrite  (*)Azurite  (*)Babingtonite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Calcite  (*)Chabazite-Ca  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)
Copper  (*)Datolite  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epistilbite  (*)Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)
Galena  (*)Greenockite  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Laumontite  (*)Malachite  (*)Mesolite  (*)Natrolite  (*)
Opal  (*)Pectolite  (*)Prehnite  (*)Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrolusite  (*)Quartz  (*)Scolecite  (*)Siderite  (*)Stevensite  (*)
Stilbite-Ca  (*)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)08803
Analcime  (*)AnalcimeNa(AlSi2O6)·H2O01627
Anhydrite  (*)Not in a structural groupCa(SO4)01588
Azurite  (*)Not in a structural groupCu3(CO3)2(OH)205509
Babingtonite  (*)RhodoniteCa2Fe2+Fe3+Si5O14(OH)0161
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)011547
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)027770
Chabazite-Ca  (*)ChabaziteCa2[Al4Si8O24]·13H2O0310
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S05707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2027198
Copper  (*)CopperCu03846
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)0498
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)209895
Epistilbite  (*)MordeniteCa3[Si18Al6O48]·16H2O0138
Fluorapophyllite-(K)  (*)ApophylliteKCa4Si8O20F·8H2O0303
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS024243
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS0717
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O06890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O60741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3014640
Heulandite-Ca  (*)Heulandite(Ca,Na,K)5(Si27Al9)O72·26H2O0246
Laumontite  (*)Not in a structural groupCaAl2Si4O12·4H2O01271
Malachite  (*)MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2012537
Mesolite  (*)NatroliteNa2Ca2(Si9Al6)O30·8H2O0425
Natrolite  (*)NatroliteNa2(Si3Al2)O10·2H2O01236
Opal  (*)AmorphousSiO2·nH2O02994
Pectolite  (*)PectoliteNaCa2Si3O8(OH)0363
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)201898
Pumpellyite-(Mg)  (*)PumpellyiteCa2MgAl2(Si2O7)(SiO4)(OH)2·H2O0106
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO203106
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Scolecite  (*)NatroliteCa(Si3Al2)O10·3H2O0390
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)06417
Stevensite  (*)Clay(Ca,Na)xMg3-ySi4O10(OH)2057
Stilbite-Ca  (*)StilbiteNaCa4(Si27Al9)O72·28H2O0268
Thaumasite  (*)EttringiteCa3Si(OH)6(CO3)(SO4)·12H2O0183
Thomsonite-Ca  (*)ThomsoniteNaCa2(Al5Si5)O20·6H2O0452
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899



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