Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Menlo Park Neighborhood, Edison, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 12225
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-12225.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Menlo Park Neighborhood, Edison, Middlesex Co., New Jersey, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Menlo Park Copper Mine (Edison Mine)

Latitude: 40°33'53"N
Longitude: 74°20'15"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.564722222222,-74.3375

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	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Kaolinite	None	Spinel

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 Cu Fe H O S Si

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al H O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Kaolinite None Spinel

5 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Copper ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	243096	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	1	243096	3531
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	243096	3846
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	0		5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	243096	14899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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