Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Cranberry Lake, Byram Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 17737
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-17737.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Cranberry Lake, Byram Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
BEMCO Prospect (Charlotte Mine)
Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad Quarry
Mc Kean Mine (Bird Mine)
North Jersey Stone Co. Quarry

Latitude: 40°56'50"N
Longitude: 74°43'52"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.947222222222,-74.731111111111

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	Apatite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Columbite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Spinel	Zircon

Albite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Epidote ()*	Ferro-hornblende ()*	Fluorite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Opal ()*	Orthoclase ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Thorite ()*
Tritomite-(Y) ()*	Uraninite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 Ca Cu F Fe H K Na Nb O S Si Th U Y Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Columbite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite
Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Spinel Zircon

18 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)	1	243728	8803
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	243728	27198
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	243731	8173
Ferro-hornblende ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Fe²⁺₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	243731	271
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	243728	9617
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	243728,243730,243731	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	243731	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	243731	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	243728	2994
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	243728,243731	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	243728,243731	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	243728	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	243728,243731	61156
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1	243728	353
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	243728	1006
Tritomite-(Y) ()*	Apatite	Y₅(SiO₄,BO₄)₃(O,OH,F)	1	243728	6
Uraninite ()*	Fluorite	UO₂	1	243728	2718
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	243728,243731	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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