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Chalcocite from
Avondale, Nutley, Essex County, New Jersey, USA


Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Avondale, Nutley, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:79129
Long-form Identifier:1:3:79129:0
GUID (UUID V4):e11968be-18b1-409a-b5f0-889542725a39
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
4.5km (2.8 miles) Schuyler Copper Mine, North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Glen Ridge Mines, Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
6.3km (3.9 miles) McDowell's Quarry (Osborne and Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
6.7km (4.2 miles) Dod Mine, East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
7.2km (4.5 miles) Houdaille Quarry, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
7.7km (4.8 miles) Union Building and Construction Quarry, Woodland Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
8.0km (5.0 miles) Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
8.2km (5.1 miles) Laurel Hill, Secaucus, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA
10.5km (6.6 miles) Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
14.2km (8.9 miles) Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Report (issue)
4, A1 2 O 3 26.8, Na 2 O 16.3, Lenni, Delaware County. Crystals. Eyerman, 1911, 11. Composition: Analysis:...Sp.gr LOCALITIES: Berks County: Birdsboro, and Gickerville; Delaware County: Leiperville, Lenni (druses...Felton's farm (Chester), and Ward's quarry; Montgomery County: Sumneytown, and Perkiomenville ; Philadelphia:...cut east of Reading (probably Birdsboro), Berks County. White, Smith, 1910, 540. silky mass of radiating...42 9.86 4.77 13.60 100.69 2.277 LOCALITY: Berks County: Birdsboro. MESOLITE m Na Al Si3Oio.2H O 2 2
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
tsaitimore gneiss betrveen Somerton and Newton, Bucks County. The quarry coutains three difierent types of pegmatite...minerals are found. The specimens exhibited included chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, hlpersthene...andalusite from the Avondale quarries near Swarthmore, Pa., brown tourmaline from near Avondale, Chester Co,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
occurrence, formation and alteration products. Many new chemical analyses are likewise given. This work is...tsaitimore gneiss betrveen Somerton and Newton, Bucks County. The quarry coutains three difierent types of pegmatite...minerals are found. The specimens exhibited included chalcocite, bornite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, hlpersthene...andalusite from the Avondale quarries near Swarthmore, Pa., brown tourmaline from near Avondale, Chester Co,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
. 193 Alling, H. L. [Review] . . 241 Ameletite (new mineral in phonolite) (Marshall) . 3I2 Andalusite... and Berman, Loseyite, a new Franklin mineral...... 103,150 Moorite, a new mineral, and fluoborite from...from Sterling Hill, N. J. 103, 165 New basic carbonate of Mn and Zn ltorn Franklin, N. J.. 103 Berman...newFranklinmineral 1S0 Moorite and fluoborite 103, 165 -New Basic carbonate of Mn and Zn . . 103 Bernal, J. D...(occurrence). Celsian, associate of gillesPite. Chalcocite crystals, new form Chileloweite. (Wetzel). Chondrodite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
David M. Seaman American Museum of Natural History, New York City Article 7, Silica and Silicates (part two)...almandite was recovered at 35th Street and Broadway in New York City and is in the American Museum of Natural...166th St. and Knowlton Place in New York City. Both are a part of the New York Mineralogical Club's collection...Maine, and at the Ruggles quarry, Grafton Center, New Hampshire. Notable excellently formed almandite garnets...Russell and Westfield, Massachusetts ; from Bedford, New York ; and many other places. The crystals occur
Journal (issue)
The following short items were submitted by our new group of "Mineral Spies" as well as other Mineral...accurate) articles on a timely basis. - Editor. New Moroccan Acanthite Discovery By Dave Bunk dave@davebunkminerals...dave@davebunkminerals.com After hearing about a new find of octahedral acanthite crystals from Morocco, I...(Continues on page 2) Stalactites from Prospect Park, New Jersey Bradley D. Plotkin bdpchab@optonline.net I recently...cleaned off the roof of my house and assembled a new stainless steel barbecue. It was now mid-afternoon
Report (volume)
Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Report (volume)
.. New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.................. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;... S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals, World's Fair edition,
Book (volume)
was formerly mined at Island Berks Co. at the New Britain mine, Bucks Co., Doughty mine near Sunbury...quart/ ery -o. ( at CHALCOCITE. (10) ago, I observed a single specimen of chalcocite in the Kcton Whim...OF PENNSYLVANIA. According to P. Frazer, Jr., chalcocite (in ore; occurs at the at Big Hill, Cornwall...at Noll's mine, Fleetwood, Berks Co. In the same county small crystals are found at Fritz Also near Buffalo...found in the vicinity of Hellertown, Northampton County. Crystals also occur in Bethel and Upper Darby
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
~ n development. The dominant ore mineral is chalcocite, associated with specular haematire and minor...(Mangula and Norah mines) and at Alaska (Shackleton, Avondale and Angwa mines). The total sizes of these deposits...Cu; Norah mine, 10 Mt at 1.2% Cu; Shacldeton, Avondale and Angwa mines, 6Mt at 1.2% Cu. Other small copper...deposits the major ore minerals are bornite and chalcocite, with variable chalcopyrite. At Norah, bornite...early-formed pyrite. The ore minerals are mainly chalcocite and bornite, with minor chalcopyrite, digenite
Report (issue)
began in the Department of Mines on a comprehensive new mineral catalogue. This work has formed the basis...Gairdner OLARY PROVINCE [5 [2 EYRE PENINSULA REE NEW RSE INGE PENINSULA Flinders Ranges__ Kangaroo...2(PO,)s(OH)22.32H,0, orth. Mount Lofty Ranges—a new mineral described from the Moculta phosphate deposit...pyromorphite, wulfenite, galena, and sphalerite at the Avondale mine; with galena at the Wirrealpa mine; at the... Olary Province—found in the quartz reef of the New Milo gold mine on the Wadnaminga goldfield. Yorke
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
is from Leiper’s quarry at Springfield, Delaware County, Pennsylvania (Peters 1984). When the spessartine...to 7 cm across occur near Middletown, Middlesex County, and massive spessartine and relatively small crystals...several localities in Figure 2. A classic Avondale, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, spessartine specimen with...HUK [OL *PU JPUUH[P4PULYHS:VJPL[` Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Detailed work by Lindsley and Peters...dominant in crystals from Leiper’s quarries in Avondale and Springfield and at Upland, but that the exceptional
Report (issue)
NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Bulletin 57 Geologic Series Copper Mines...Mining in New Jersey by HERBERT P. WOODWARD DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT STATE OF NEW JERSEY...Geology and Topography Trenton, N. J. 1944 NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOARD OF CONSERVATION AND............. Mendham (P . O . Gladstone) (3) NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL MR...herewith the manuscript of a new report on the copper ores of New Jersey and the many attempts to mine
Book
ALUMINA. Silicate with soda and sulph. acid. New mineral (?). AMPHIBOLE. Moonta and Wallaroo Mines...Waitpinga. side ASBESTOS AND CROCIDOLITE. Angaston, New Mecklenburg, Tungkillo, Lobethal Mine, near Menge...and Stanley Mines (associated with copper ores) New Era Mine, \Voodside (with goldj Mount Rugged, N.N...; BISMUTITE. Balhannah, Daly, and Stanley, and New Era Mines Forest Range, Teetulpa, Morialta, Mount... Wallaroo, Yudanamutana, Mount Gambier, Point New Mount Crawford, Ardrossan, Rapid Bay, Curtis, Macclesfield
Book (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, 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...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Report (volume)
Transactions, vols. 51-53. New York. American Journal of Science, 4th ser., vols. 41, 42. New Haven, Conn. American... vol. 35; Journal, vol. 16. New York. American Naturalist, vol. 50. New York. American Philosophical...no. 1* Cincinnati, Ohio. Coal Age, vols. 9, 10. New York. Colorado School of Mines: Magazine, vol. 6-;...Transactions, vol. 20, pp. 161-399; vol. 21, pp. 1-144. New Haven, Conn. Cuba, Direccion de Montes y Minas: Boletin...Boletin de Minas, no. 1. Habana, Cuba. Delaware County Institute of Science: Proceedings, vol. 7, nos
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,
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Report (edition)
of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...with the demand for accurate information and for new localities, we revised the edition of “Mineral Collecting...cooperation. The third edition contains seven new collecting localities not previously described... Several Any additional that you minerals new to accurate mineral descriplocalities also have...localities, the Grace mine in Berks County, the Stillwell quarry in Lancaster County, and the Medusa Cement Company
Journal (issue)
p4,, Over two million residents Arizona's Pinal County welcomes everyone as a V.I.P.!!! ?ieU S ~ , ae...Wells 112 The New Enterprise Quarry of Roaring Spring Edward G. Carper Jr. 11 S A New Pennsylvania Mineral...Native Copper and Piemontite Localities of Adams County Jay Lininger FEATURES THE EASTERN FEDERATION...5 miles west of Mt. Holly Springs in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Specimen collected by Martin Anne'...ridges diverted the ice sheet that planed northern New Jersey and Ohio and left Pennsylvania a varied geological
Book (volume)
............................................288 New Hampshire ..................................................................................307 New Jersey ...........................................................................................315 New Mexico ........................................................................................329 New York..............................................................548 Table of Maps Page Alabama County Map ..........................................
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particles, which are called "ions." In this way, new rows and layers of ions are completed and the crystals...to another mineral and retain their old form. The new mineral has a different structure, and may even have...crystal form of the old mineral. In such a case, the new mineral is called a "pseudomorph" (soo'do-morf) after...much manganese dioxide, and you should scare wich a new bead, using less of the black powder. The first bead...Survey) Chester County, Pa.: Alabama; Texas; Montana: Humbolt County, Nevada; Beaver County, Utah; Loudon
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same for distribution; to encourage the search for new minerals that have not yet been discovered; and to...Association by nom,nating them for membership? Each new member helps to extend the Association's activities--helps.......... 3 NOTES ON GYPSUM CRYSTALS IN MORTON COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA. By Robe,-, H. Mitchell and Wilson...1'1. Lisle .................................. 12 NEW GUINEA RICH IN GOLD ...............................SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LOCALITIES. 3. Rincon, Sao Diego County. By f ark Schwartz ............... ...........
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THE MINERAL COLLECTOR COMPANY , 58 PEARI , ST , NEW YORK . ii THE MINERAL COLLECTOR . THE MINERAL COLLECTOR...Newark , N. J. ALBERT C. BATES , 58 Pearl Street , New York City , QUEEN & CO . , PHILADELPHIA . N. Y. OFFICE...in the market . EASTON , PENN . GEMS * From the new locality in Connecticut , mentioned in Notes , August... , - Practical # Lapidaries , e 63 Nassau St. , New York . Gems Mounted in any Desired Setting . DURAND...HANDYLAPIDARY LATHE PRICE , 85.00 . 80 BEAVER ST .. NEW YORK A useful Christmas Present , But a few of these
 
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