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Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USAi
Regional Level Types
Hillsborough TownshipTownship
Somerset CountyCounty
New JerseyState
USACountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Bloomingdale7,714 (2017)
Mindat Locality ID:
278453
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:278453:6
GUID (UUID V4):
538abd05-684c-43c3-b628-f0c8b510d021
Other Languages:
German:
Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Hillsborough, contea di Somerset, New Jersey, Stati Uniti d'America
Simplified Chinese:
希爾斯堡鎮, 萨默塞特县 , 新泽西州, 美国
Spanish:
Municipio de Hillsborough, Condado de Somerset, Nueva Jersey, Estados Unidos
Basque:
Hillsborough Udalerria, Somerset konderria , New Jersey
Esperanto:
Hillsborough, Nov-Ĵerzejo
Farsi/Persian:
هیلزبور، نیوجرسی, شهرستان سامرست، نیوجرسی, نیوجرسی, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Haitian:
Hillsborough, Nou Jèze, Etazini
Japanese:
ヒルズボロ郡区, サマセット郡, ニュージャージー州, アメリカ合衆国
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Хиллсбороу Тауншип, Нью-Джерси, Америка Құрама Штаттары
Kyrgyz:
Хиллсбороу Тауншип, Нью-Джерси, Америка Кошмо Штаттары
Norwegian:
Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
Silesian:
Hillsborough, New Jersey, Zjednoczůne Sztaty
Ukrainian:
Гіллсборо Тауншип, Сомерсет, Нью-Джерсі, Сполучені Штати Америки
Welsh:
Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, Unol Daleithiau America


The geographic coordinates presented are taken from the Rocky Hill topo map. The USGS GNIS database presents 6 sets of coordinates for this township.

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10 valid minerals.

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Detailed Mineral List:

Actinolite
Formula: ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Albite
Formula: Na(AlSi3O8)
'Apatite'
Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
'Asbestos'
Chalcocite
Formula: Cu2S
Chalcopyrite
Formula: CuFeS2
'Chlorite Group'
Chrysocolla
Formula: Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
'Clay minerals'
Datolite
Formula: CaB(SiO4)(OH)
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Malachite
Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2
Description: Occurs in geodes in glacial drift.
'Tourmaline'
Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
Description: Occurs at the contact of the traprock and the sedimentary rocks.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Chalcocite2.BA.05Cu2S
Chalcopyrite2.CB.10aCuFeS2
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
Malachite5.BA.10Cu2(CO3)(OH)2
Group 9 - Silicates
Datolite9.AJ.20CaB(SiO4)(OH)
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Actinolite9.DE.10◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Chrysocolla9.ED.20Cu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Albite9.FA.35Na(AlSi3O8)
Unclassified
'Asbestos'-
'Chlorite Group'-
'Clay minerals'-
'Tourmaline'-AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
'Apatite'-Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
H ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
H DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
H ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
BBoron
B DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
B TourmalineAD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
CCarbon
C MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
OOxygen
O Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
O AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
O ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
O DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2
O QuartzSiO2
O TourmalineAD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z
O ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FFluorine
F ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
NaSodium
Na AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
MgMagnesium
Mg Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
AlAluminium
Al AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Al ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
SiSilicon
Si Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Si AlbiteNa(AlSi3O8)
Si ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Si DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si QuartzSiO2
PPhosphorus
P ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
SSulfur
S ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
S ChalcociteCu2S
S PyriteFeS2
ClChlorine
Cl ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
CaCalcium
Ca Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Ca DatoliteCaB(SiO4)(OH)
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca ApatiteCa5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH)
FeIron
Fe Actinolite◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2
Fe ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe PyriteFeS2
CuCopper
Cu ChalcopyriteCuFeS2
Cu ChalcociteCu2S
Cu ChrysocollaCu2-xAlx(H2-xSi2O5)(OH)4 · nH2O, x < 1
Cu MalachiteCu2(CO3)(OH)2

Fossils

There are 1 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed209 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
Oldest Fossil Listed228 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
Stratigraphic Units
UnitNo. OccurrencesAge
Chatham - Passaic - Neshanic1228 - 208.5 Ma (Late/Upper Triassic)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Stegomus arcuatus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Aetosaurus : Stegomus arcuatus228 - 208.5 Ma
Late/Upper Triassic
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Other Databases

Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillsborough_Township,_New_Jersey
Wikidata ID:Q367331
GeoNames ID:5099090

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