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Pectolite from
Little Falls Quarry, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Pectolite
Formula:NaCa2Si3O8(OH)
Comments:Occurs in cavities and fractures in Watchung basalt.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pectolite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Little Falls Quarry, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:70732
Long-form Identifier:1:3:70732:5
GUID (UUID V4):d737b012-d97b-43b9-9f76-a8c84d7409aa
Nearest other occurrences of Pectolite
0.9km (0.5 miles) Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Cedar Grove Reservoir, Cedar Grove, Cedar Grove, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) McDowell's Quarry (Osborne and Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
4.4km (2.7 miles) Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
4.6km (2.9 miles) Garret Street condominium construction site, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
6.0km (3.7 miles) Hinchcliffe Stadium, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) Hoxie's Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
6.2km (3.9 miles) Interstate 80 roadcut, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Natural History New York, New York 10024 The Triassic traprock quarries of New Jersey have been a prolific...supplement previous publications dealing with New Jersey traprock* minerals, especially those of Manchester...(1931) cites more than 40 traprock localities in New Jersey. This article focuses on the Bergen Hill occurrence...Lower New Street quar­ ries, Paterson; Warren Brothers quarry, Prospect Park; McDowell's quarry, Upper...Upper Montclair; and the Francisco Brothers quarry, Great Notch (Fig. 1). Several important diabase localities
Report (issue)
BULLETIN OF THE NEW YORK MINER.ALOGICAL CLUB Volume 3, No. 1. THE MINERALS of NEW YORK CITY and ITS...ITS ENVIRONS BY JAMES G. MANCHESTER NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB January, 1931 Copyright, 3931 BY...BY James G. Manchester AFFERTON PRESS NEW YORK I AUTHOR’S NOTE Since his boyhood days the author...of his recreational hours collecting minerals in New York City and its environs. A record lias been personally...in the old lists, and the names of many others, new to the district, and discovered in recent years,
Journal (issue)
the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey By John S. Albanese VOL. I OCTOBER 1960 Published...address: John S. Albanese P. 0. Box 221 Union, New Jersey No. 5 -79Zincite Zincite is commonly massive...of a portion of a crystal, but to have developed new crystals from it. Many crystals have in­ clusions...This piece was acquired by Mr. Neal Yed.lin, of New Haven, Conn. He, Mr. Perloff and Mr. Paul E. Desautels...though I think it is an impure carbonate, with very little zinc oxide. However, thick veins of hydrozincite
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 832 THE CRYSTAL CAVITIES OF THE NEW JERSEY ZEOLITE REGION BY WALDEMAR T. SCHALLER 0'60C...calcite, natrolite, and pectolite 32. Babingtonite FIGURE 1. Map of New Jersey showing position of Triassic...Pseudomorph in the collection of Mr. Gilman S. Stanton, New York 23. Distorted termination on pseudomorph 24...cavities present in the mineral complex of the New Jersey traprock region have long excited the interest...after apophyllite, quartz, calcite, natrolite, pectolite, and other minerals. The rectangular cavities
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
World News on Mineral Occurrences Items on new finds are desired. Please send them in. Downloaded by...About 18 miles northeast near Jamestown in Cherokee County is another lead mine." ARIZONA—A letter dated Sept...in a clipping from the Oct. 4, 1953 issue of the New York Times. Part of the clipping reads:— FORT DEFIANCE...Reservation north of this community (in Apache County) with "high hopes" of finding the legendary diamond...anonymous, sent in the following two items : "A new mineral, Chromrutile, has been found at the Red Ledge
Book (volume)
Though well endowed with fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Book (volume)
Though well endowed with fossils, Illinois has little to offer gem and mineral collectors, even though...600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GEOLOGY of NEW YORK Downloaded by [University of Tennessee, Knoxville] at 09:24 21 December 2014 the...of resources. To further this image, in 1836 the New York State legislature voted to sponsor a comprehensive...first extensive scientific study of the geology of New York State, and it culminated in 1842 and 1843 with... I believe, were aware of the mineral wealth of New York, or of the number of species which it contains...by James Dwight Dana (himself a native of Utica, New York) as a source for mineral locality references
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville Quarry chalcedony, jasper...jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...petrified wood, etc.;  N 20 mi., all area of the Little Bad landsvertebrate fossil remains;  Pine Ridge
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Dominion Soapstone ming, Washing and Repair of Mineral Quarry. July-Aug., p. 309 Specimens. Nov., p. 468 Cox...mounters Corner—First Impressions Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia vs. Observations. April, p. 126; The...Chris. Minerals and Dinosaur Tracks from Little Falls, New Jersey. Mar., p. 66 Lasmanis, Raymond. Selenite...Mitchell, Richard S. Barite Crystals from Gage County, Nebraska. Sept., p. 357; Cerussite and Hydrocerussite...286; Minerals from the Old Sulphur Mine, Louisa County, Virginia. June, p. 275; Some Noteworthy Minerals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PREVAILING AT THE TIME OF THE TRAP EXTRUSIONS IN NEW JERSEY C. N. FENNER The Watchung Mountains form prominent...prominent features in the topography of Northern New Jersey. On account of the great hardness and erosion-resisting...century. Views regarding them have changed greatly. New facts have been brought to light and the interpretation...studiesto the terri- FEATURES OF TRAP EXTRUSIONS IN NEW JERSEY 301 tory closely adjacent to the trap itself...' These remarksare equally applicableto the New Jersey area. Let us now examine the clastic deposits
Book (volume)
--GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FINAL JERSEY. REPORT OF STATE OF NEW Tt{N GEOLOGIST. IDOL. II. ZOOLOGY...31pAN'f. NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1 I L P_RT I. t MINERALOGY. BOTANY. I NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL.................. Jersey C_ty, Hoboken. GEO. H. COOK, St-_te Geolog)st. NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...SURVEY Iv) NEW Ba_NSWIOX, _N. J., July 29th, 1889. To His Excellency Robert S. Green, Gover_or of the State...State of New Jersey, and ex-o]flvio President of _e Board of Managers of the State Geological Survey
Book
OF NEW JEt{SEY. BY AUTll0RITY PUBLISHED 0l? THE LEGISLATURE. BY THE BOKRD OF 3IANAGERS. NEW JERSEY...C0NORZSSIONALI)IS'_IIICT. WORTENDY_, sT_,vr. (*_0LOt_t_T. NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ] • o .,s E_CELL_CY THE...THE CQVELIh'OR _OF TIIE STATII OF HON. NEW MARCUS L. WARD, JE_S_T 1 A,%'D__X OIeF/C]O_ pY/2_t]DENT...herewith to submit the Final Report on the GEOLOOYOF NEW JERSEY, as required by the 1,_wpassed March 30, 1864...SUI_V_Y_ COLLEGE. Y. J;, D_c. _9, 1868. NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIST. PIREFA @E. era*
Book (volume)
species. And for those interested in discovering new deposits, the geology and mineralogy of sources is...Iwo Volumes Volume | JOHN SINKANKAS [aN] VAN New NOSTRAND York Cincinnati REINHOLD Toronto COMPANY...Educational Publishing, Inc. 450 West 33rd Street, New York, NY 10001 Van Nostrand Reinhold Limited 1410...eg Ow a Ne Sarah PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION The quantity of new information accumulated since publication...such new information in a second volume. [hus the present book becomes V olume I. while the new information
Book
CHAPTER 1 Gem Hunting In The Appalachians CHAPTER 2 New Jersey ........... _ . _ 1 _ CHAPTER 3 Pennsylvania___...states each year give collectors a chance to buy new finds, see f i n e workmanship, a n d s h o w t h...r e t h e Tennessee a n d Alabama Rivers. N e w Jersey: L a k e Hopatcong, Greenwood L a k e Pennsylvania:...well known old localities are not all “has beens;” new hobbyists and experienced collectors alike prove...dollars at the noted locality of Cowee Valley, Macon County, North Carolina. An enthusiastic family found and
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found in the trap rocks of New Jersey at Bergen Hill, Snake Hill, Little Falls, Paterson, Great Notch, Plainfield...and Snake Hill. The Watchung Mountain area of New Jersey is well known for its fine speci­ mens of GMELINITE...associated with datolite and calcite from Lower New Street Quarry in West Paterson, N. J. These crystals normally...length of y," and may also be associ­ ated with pectolite. QUEEN OF QUARTZ The most universal mineral known...Minerals of New Jersey, N e w Jersey Geological Survey, B u l ­ letin 64, Trenton, N e w Jersey: I 9 6 0
Book (edition)
an ore of iron, will be heavy in the hand. a little experience, the gem "heft" of a specimen to...which can be traced through have been retained. New gem locations are found every season, and to this...material can be found at that locality; and that new while of dubious merit have been dropped. Appearance...Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, New York, or Tom Robert's Rock the caption. All photographs...in color. Turquoise from Los Cerillos mines, New Mexico. Note turquoise vein cutting diagonally
Journal (issue)
COLLECTOR . (Entered as Second - Class Matter at the New York , N. Y. , Post Office, March 19, 1894. ) Vol...For The Mineral Collector. A VISIT TO BURGER'S QUARRY . By W. S. VALIANT, PERHAPS no mineral locality...two years as Mr. Edward W. Burger's trap -rock quarry, at West Paterson, N. J. For number of species...rarity of some of them , and the large number of new forms and varieties of old species, few localities...yielded such rich returns to the collector. This quarry is located near the base of a trap ridge which
Book
Geology of New York City and Environs || uuu Christopher J. Schuberth From the air, two of New York’s most...features owe their appearance to the geology of the New York City area. The effect of glaciers in shaping...The entire area looks the way it does today, from New Jerseys imposing Palisades to the location of the...underlying geologic make-up. Not much is known about New York City before Pre-Cambrian times, but we have...Sch75gR¢huberth, Christopner y 1g The geology of New York City and environs ,by, Chris- topher J. Schuberth
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Wisconsin-River Falls 410 South Third Street River Falls, Wisconsin 54022 his is Wisconsin’s...discovery of high-quality minerals from several new localities, including the Flambeau copper mine near...Vulcan Materials quarry in Racine (Scovil 1994), the pegmatites of Florence County (Koehier 1989) and...Wisconsin in the past 150 years and points the way to new G T Dr William S. Cordua is a professor of geology...geology at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls where he teaches mineralogy and petrology among other
Report (issue)
publication have also been corrected. Cover Kakabeka Falls on the Kaministiquia River. T h e waterfall occurs...Hydro, for much valuable information on the Silver Falls Generating Station near Port Arthur. The author...Mine Mudge Camp Atikokan and Vicinity Kemuel Falls Little Falls, Atikokan River Steep Rock Iron Mines Caland...Highway 622 (Falls Bay Highway) Margaret Lake Fault Steeprock “Lake” Schwenger Township Highlands Upper...Kashabowie Falls Swamp River Highway 17: Shabaqua Corners to English River Kakabeka Falls and Vicinity
Report (volume)
Mesozoic geology of M assachusetts, Connecticut, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia , Maryland , North Carolina...Mesozoic geology of Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland , North Carolina...appropriate, the applicable early Mesozoic basin, State, county, or 7 1/2minute USGS topographic quadrangle covered...the State are cited. More than one basin, State, county, or quadrangle may appear for an entry. A State...C.-S.C.) Deep River (N.C.) Durham (N.C.) Davie County (N.C.) Dan River and Danville (N.C.-Va.) Scottsburg
Book
MtN€RfllS of New Vork Stole David €. Jensen Includes 16 pages of minerals in full color jgS0% MIN6RRLS... MIN6RRLS of New Vork State David E. Jensen up WARD PRESS Ward's Natural Science Establishment, Inc...Inc. Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David E. Jensen All rights reserved...mining distri* Adirondack Mou somed into a lifet New York State. While obtainu University of Roc Science...wife Kay Preface This report on the Minerals of New York State is partially a sum­ mary of published
Book
T TLIBRAr 3 1223 90016 3958 of New York State David E. Jensen .. . , ,,, Includes 16 pages of...Lake in New York's Finger Lakes district. After attending Penn Yan Academy in nearby Penn Yan, New York...blossomed into a lifetime interest in the minerals of New York State. While obtaining his M.S. in geology at...within the outline of New York State is LABRADORJTE from the Saranac Lake area. of New York State David...Natural Science Establishment, Inc . • Rochester, New York • Monterey, California Copyright 1978 by David
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
2014 Figure 1. County map of New York State, prepared by William Besse. MAJOR NEW YORK STATE M I N...Dana 1877, 1892). Herbert P. Whitlock published a New York State list in 1903. The most recent comprehensive...localities in the state is the book Minerals of New York State by David Jensen, published in 1978. Our...next. Mode of Occurrence Most mineral localities in New York can be categorized into three groups based on...sedimentary rocks. The Lockport Dolostone and the Little Falls Dolostone are two examples of sedimentary layers
 
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