Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA

mindat Locality ID: 277336
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-277336.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bergen Hill, Jersey City, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Delaware - Lackawanna & Western Railroad Tunnels
Erie Railroad Cut (Bergen Archways)
Erie Railroad Tunnel
Mt Pleasant
New Jersey Railroad Cut

Latitude: 40°43'48"N
Longitude: 74°3'26"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.73,-74.057222222222

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	Analcime	Baryte	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Copper	Gadolinite	Natrolite
None	Not in a structural group	Pectolite	Prehnite	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stilbite
Thomsonite

Analcime ()*	Baryte ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Clinochlore ()*
Copper ()*	Datolite ()*	Galena ()*	Laumontite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite ()*	Opal ()*	Pectolite ()*	Prehnite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scolecite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stellerite ()*
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 Cu Fe H Mg Na O Pb S Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amorphous Analcime Baryte Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Copper Gadolinite Natrolite
None Not in a structural group Pectolite Prehnite Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Spinel Stilbite
Thomsonite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Analcime ()*	Analcime	Na(AlSi₂O₆)·H₂O	3	242922,242923,242926	1627
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	242925	11547
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	4	242922,242923,242925,242926	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	242922	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈	2	242923,242925	1756
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	242925	3846
Datolite ()*	Gadolinite	CaB(SiO₄)(OH)	3	242922,242923,242926	498
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	242925,242926	24243
Laumontite ()*	Not in a structural group	CaAl₂Si₄O₁₂·4H₂O	2	242922,242926	1271
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	242925	14899
Mesolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂Ca₂(Si₉Al₆)O₃₀·8H₂O	1	242926	425
Natrolite ()*	Natrolite	Na₂(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·2H₂O	5	242920,242922,242923,242925,242926	1236
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O	1	242925	2994
Pectolite ()*	Pectolite	NaCa₂Si₃O₈(OH)	3	242920,242922,242923	363
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	242920,242922,242926	1898
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	242922,242926	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	242922,242923,242925	61156
Scolecite ()*	Natrolite	Ca(Si₃Al₂)O₁₀·3H₂O	1	242926	390
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	242922,242923,242926	21482
Stellerite ()*	Stilbite	Ca₄(Si₂₈Al₈)O₇₂·28H₂O	1	242926	189
Thomsonite-Ca ()*	Thomsonite	NaCa₂(Al₅Si₅)O₂₀·6H₂O	1	242920	452

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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