Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Little Falls Township, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 26505
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26505.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Little Falls Township, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA": 11
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Great Notch
Houdaille Quarry (Consolidated Stone And Sand Company Quarry; Consolidated Quarry)
Little Falls
Little Falls Quarry
Newark Aqueduct

Latitude: 40°52'8"N
Longitude: 74°11'56"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.868888888889,-74.198888888889

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	Amorphous	Analcime	Apophyllite	Aragonite	Baryte	Calcite	Chabazite	Chalcopyrite	Clay
Clinozoisite	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Ettringite	Feldspar	Gadolinite	Gypsum	Malachite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rhodonite	Rutile	Sphalerite	Stilpnomelane
Thomsonite	Wurtzite

Albite ()*	Analcime ()*	Aragonite ()*	Azurite ()*	Babingtonite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bornite ()*	Calcite ()*	Canaphite ()*	Chabazite-Ca ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Chrysocolla ()*	Cuprite ()*	Datolite ()*
Epidote ()*	Glauberite ()*	Goethite ()*	Greenockite ()*	Gypsum ()*
Hematite ()*	Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Laumontite ()*	Malachite ()*	Natrolite ()*
Opal ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*
Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stevensite ()*	Stilpnomelane ()*
Thaumasite ()*	Thomsonite-Ca ()*

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 P S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Allophane Amorphous Analcime Apophyllite Aragonite Baryte Calcite Chabazite Chalcopyrite Clay
Clinozoisite Corundum Diaspore Epidote Ettringite Feldspar Gadolinite Gypsum Malachite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rhodonite Rutile Sphalerite Stilpnomelane
Thomsonite Wurtzite

37 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	243514	8803
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	1	243514	1627
Aragonite ()*	Aragonite	Ca(CO₃)	1	243514	3250
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂	1	243514	5509
Babingtonite ()*	Rhodonite	Ca₂Fe²⁺Fe³⁺Si₅O₁₄(OH)	1	243514	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	243514	11547
Bornite ()*	None	Cu₅FeS₄	1	243514	5516
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	6	243512,243514,243516,243518,243520,243521	27770
Canaphite ()*	None	Na₂CaP₂O₇·4H₂O	1	243515	2
Chabazite-Ca ()*	Chabazite	Ca₂[Al₄Si₈O₂₄]·13H₂O	1	243517	310
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S	2	243514,243518	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	243514	27198
Chrysocolla ()*	Allophane	(Cu_2-xAl_x)H_2-xSi₂O₅(OH)₄·nH₂O	2	243514,243518	3531
Cuprite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₂O	1	243514	2970
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	1	243514	498
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	243514	8173
Glauberite ()*	None	Na₂Ca(SO₄)₂	1	243512	137
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	2	243514,243518	7437
Greenockite ()*	Wurtzite	CdS	1	243514	717
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	2	243514,243518	6890
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	243514,243518	14640
Hydroxyapophyllite-(K) ()*	Apophyllite	KCa₄Si₈O₂₀(OH,F)·8H₂O	2	243512,243517	85
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	4	243512,243514,243517,243522	1271
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	2	243514,243518	12537
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	2	243514,243522	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	243514	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	3	243512,243514,243521	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	5	243514,243516,243517,243521,243522	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	243514	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂	1	243514	3106
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	243514,243515,243516,243517,243518,243521	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	243514	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	243514	21482
Stevensite ()*	Clay	(Ca,Na)_xMg_3-ySi₄O₁₀(OH)₂	1	243514	57
Stilpnomelane ()*	Stilpnomelane Clay	(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)₈(Si,Al)₁₂(O,OH)₃₆·nH₂O	1	243514	456
Thaumasite ()*	Ettringite	Ca₃Si(OH)₆(CO₃)(SO₄)·12H₂O	1	243514	183
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	243514	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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