Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Watchung, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 156348
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-156348.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Watchung, Somerset Co., New Jersey, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Fanwood Quarry (Fanwood Stone Crushing And Quarry Co. Quarry; Fanwood Crushed Stone Co. Quarry; Scotch Plains Quarry; Weldon Quarry)
Wilson's Quarry (Wilson Stone Co. Quarry)

Latitude: 40°38'50"N
Longitude: 74°25'33"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.647222222222,-74.425833333333

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	Apophyllite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Gadolinite
Malachite	Natrolite	None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Stilbite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Anhydrite ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*
Epidote ()*	Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Galena ()*	Hematite ()*	Malachite ()*
Natrolite ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*
Stellerite ()*

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 C Ca Cu F Fe H K Na O Pb S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Analcime Apophyllite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Feldspar Gadolinite
Malachite Natrolite None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Stilbite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	243711,243712	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	243712	1627
Anhydrite ()*	Not in a structural group	Ca(SO₄)	1	243711	1588
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	243711	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	2	243711,243712	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	1	243712	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	243711,243712	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	243712	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	243712	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	2	243711,243712	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	243711	8173
Fluorapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀F·8H₂O	1	243711	303
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	243711	24243
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	243711	14640
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	243712	12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	243711,243712	1236
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	2	243711,243712	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	243711,243712	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	243711,243712	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	243711,243712	61156
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	243711	189

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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