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Quartz from
Passaic County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:County
Classification
Species:Quartz
Formula:SiO2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite342 photos of Quartz associated with Calcite at this locality.
Babingtonite150 photos of Quartz associated with Babingtonite at this locality.
Heulandite Subgroup107 photos of Quartz associated with Heulandite Subgroup at this locality.
Hematite96 photos of Quartz associated with Hematite at this locality.
Heulandite-Ca77 photos of Quartz associated with Heulandite-Ca at this locality.
Stilbite-Ca68 photos of Quartz associated with Stilbite-Ca at this locality.
Laumontite68 photos of Quartz associated with Laumontite at this locality.
Stilbite Subgroup64 photos of Quartz associated with Stilbite Subgroup at this locality.
Prehnite64 photos of Quartz associated with Prehnite at this locality.
Datolite57 photos of Quartz associated with Datolite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Quartz data
Locality Data:Click here to view Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:994887
Long-form Identifier:1:3:994887:7
GUID (UUID V4):fe074ecf-ca5c-4524-b726-0861b26191b5
Localities for Quartz in this Region
Bloomingdale, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Braen Quarry, Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Great Notch Corp. Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Newark Water tunnel, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
US highway 46 road cut, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Houdaille Quarry, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Little Falls Quarry, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Braens Quarry, North Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Hoxie's Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Interstate 80 roadcut, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
McKiernan & Bergin Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Board Mine, Boardville, Pompton Lakes, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Pompton Junction feldspar deposit, Pompton Lakes, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Bush Mine, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Cannon Mines, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Kornerupine Group locality, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Board feldspar deposit, Monks, Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
New Mine (Wood Mine), Ringwood, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Clinton Furnace tract, West Milford Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Dunker Pond, Clinton, West Milford Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Squier's Mine, West Milford Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Unnamed Cu prospect, West Milford Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Smith Quarry, Woodland Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Union Building and Construction Quarry, Woodland Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
Nearest other occurrences of Quartz
0.5km (0.3 miles) Interstate 80 roadcut, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) McKiernan & Bergin Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
0.5km (0.3 miles) Hoxie's Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
1.5km (0.9 miles) Upper New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
1.7km (1.0 miles) Lower New Street Quarry, Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
3.1km (1.9 miles) Prospect Park Quarry, Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
4.3km (2.7 miles) Union Building and Construction Quarry, Woodland Park, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
4.5km (2.8 miles) Braens Quarry, North Haledon, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
5.4km (3.3 miles) Houdaille Quarry, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
5.4km (3.4 miles) Great Notch Corp. Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
yellow-green fluorescence characterizes some New Jersey datolite. Datolite is commonly seen in monoclinic...are well known from several New Jersey localities, and datolite after quartz is reported from Russia. Pseudomorphs...fissure veins. Associated minerals include calcite, quartz, prehnite, danburite, axinite, garnet, and the...heulandite, pectolite, apophyllite, calcite,, and quartz, and its crystal aggregates often form the matrix...as the Cheapside quarry at Deerfield, Franklin County, where it occurred with prehnite. Crystals from
Journal (issue)
babingtoniet • Trap rock en mineralen van New Jersey, USA Mineralogische Kring Antwerpen vzw Oprichtingsdatum... epitactisch gegroeid op babingtoniet van New Jersey, USA aangeboden. Meer details hierover vindt U elders...van de Manassas groeve, Prince William County, Virgiania, USA. SEM opname en copyright Thomas Ambruster...The Yaogangxian tungsten mine 58-59 A wonderful quartz from China 63-64 Metasomatism * SCHWEIZER STRAHLER...nodules de pyrite de Porsguen, Finistère 47-52 Smoky quartz and associated minerals from Blue Hill quarry,
Report (issue)
WITHDRAWALS OF GROUND WATER AND SURFACE WATER IN NEW JERSEY, 1989-90 By John P. Nawyn and Rick M. Clawges...cooperation with the NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION West Trenton, New Jersey 1995 U.S. DEPARTMENT................................21 Withdrawals by county ..............................................................................33 Withdrawals by county ..............................................................................40 Withdrawals by county ..............................................
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...in the First Watchung Mountain: Upper and Lower New Street quar­ ries, Paterson; Warren Brothers quarry...(notably Rocky Hill and Lambertville) and two Hudson County localities, Laurel (Snake) Hill quarry, Secaucus
Report (volume)
director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | New Jersey | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | New Jersey | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] \ Washington...director | | A | geographic dictionary | of | New Jersey | by | Henry Gannett | [Vignette] | Washington...Lamellibranchiata of the Earitan Clays and Greensand Marls of New Jersey, byEobertP. Whitfleld. 1885. 4°. xx, 338 pp....Fishes and Fossil Plants of the Triassic Eocks of New Jersey and the Connecticut Valley, by John S. Newberry
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...The late Dr. L. H. Bauer, chief chemist of the New Jersey Zinc Company, during the years made thousands
Report (issue)
WITHDRAWALS OF GROUND WATER AND SURFACE WATER IN NEW JERSEY, 1991-92 By John P. Nawyn Open-File Report 98-282...cooperation with the NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION West Trenton, New Jersey 1998 USGS science................................25 Withdrawals by county ..............................................................................35 Withdrawals by county ..............................................................................37 Withdrawals by county ..............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
related minerals. Localities of thls type in New Jersey and neighboring states provided consistently...labels featuring such localities as Paterson, New Jersey, or Centreville, Virginia. Recently, however...metagreywackes containing the assemblages quartz-prehnite-chlorite or quartz-albite-pumpellyite-chlorite, or both...associated with a wide variety of zeolites, calcite, and quartz-have been collected for almost two centuries from...and other localities in Passaic, Somerset, Essex, and Hudson Counties, New Jersey (Schaller 1932; Mason
Book (edition)
gem stones mon dull are as hard or harder than quartz, a com- mineral everywhere present as dust which...Hardness Scale 6. Orthoclase 1. Talc 2. Gypsum 7. Quartz Topaz Corundum 10. Diamond 3. Colcite 8. 4...Your will scratch orthoclase feldspar but not quartz. In making hardness appears to be a scratch paper...the general arrange- ment of these surfaces. Quartz and amethyst, for example, are frequently crystallized...SPODUMENE DANBURITE DATOLITE GARNET FLUORITE QUARTZ CRYSTALS SPINEL STAUROLITE •^^ VESUVIANITE
Report (issue)
====================================== What’s New in the Mineral World? Report #28 May 28, 2011 by...noted, and of course there are a few interesting new items as well. And, as has been happening quite a...find in the famous Prospect Park quarry, Passaic County, New Jersey. Since showtime, at least some of the...although he later moved on to Colorado, was a New Jersey native and showed the boys, early in life, how...are actually fairly common in the basalts of New Jersey and Connecticut—but you would be hard put to
Report (issue)
SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY b_ HENRY B, KUMM[L, STATE GEOLOGIST BULLETIN 11. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF NEW JERSEY...QU]GLEY, N. J. STA'r_ P_IN'I'ERS, ]913. NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CONTENTS. Gel3era| _tlmtllary...................... 3I Engaged, 3I Starting a New Quarry, . .........................................of the Active Jersey in 19t2. Mineral NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Industries in New Letter of Transmittal...548. in 1911, and was greater Industry of New Jersey This was $2,675,137 than ever before in the
Report (volume)
Director Bulletin 832 THE CRYSTAL CAVITIES OF THE NEW JERSEY ZEOLITE REGION BY WALDEMAR T. SCHALLER 0'60C...Original mineral Glauberite Crystallography of quartz pseudomorphs Crystal forms Other occurrences of...88 8. Pseudostalactitic forms of prehnite and of quartz 88 9. Spearhead forms of prehnite, covering former... Anhydrite crystal; B, Rectangular cavities in quartz formed by the removal of anhydrite 88 11. Radiating...crystal cavities originally containing one or more quartz casts 23. Rhombic crystal cavities 24. Large spherical
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Minerals In The New Jersey Traprocks By GARDINER GREGORY Lee Avenue School, Hicksville, L. I., N. Y .... There are two areas in New Jersey that are world famous for their minerals. One is the Franklin &...& Sterling Hill area in Sussex County which is famous for its large number of minerals, about 180 in number...extending from Somerville in Somerset County to Paterson in Passaic County. This area is noted for its fine...come from the Paterson area. The traprocks of New Jersey are intrusive into and interbedded with the Triassic
Report (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY HENRY B. KÜMMEL, STATE GEOLOGIST BULLETIN 9 A Preliminary Report OF...OF THE Archaeology Survey OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY MADE BY THE Department of Anthropology in the American... Opposite Post Office. 1913 NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CONTENTS.... Chapter I, Types of Indian Remains found in New Jersey; by Alanson Skinner. Scope of Report. Classes...Indian Camp Sites and Rock Shelters in Northern New Jersey, by Max Schrabisch. Population. General character
Report (issue)
hasn’t been too long since my last online What’s New report; my print report on recent online offerings...July-August issue. In short, I’m keeping up with my what’s-new duties, and am now fully vaccinated, as are all of...concern. The report below introduces some brand-new mineral discoveries, with specimens just now reaching...(weinrichmineralsinc.com) updates his website with new material a couple of times a week, and he runs special...regularly is to keep coming up with generous lots of new things). On his weekend update of May 15-16, Dan
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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Famous Prospect Park Quarry Prospect Park, Passaic County, New Jersey All specimens self-collected by James...noted JAMES S. ZIGRAS 171 Arundel Road Paramus, New Jersey 07652 jzigras@hotmail.com MATTHEW L. GORRING...Studies Montclair State University Montclair, New Jersey 07043 gorringm@mail.montclair.edu Figure 1. Locality... Zigras is a field collector specializing in New Jersey minerals, U.S. tourmaline, Mont Saint-Hilaire...of the New Jersey/Hudson Highlands and the southern Patagonian Andes. 234 ROCKS & MINERALS New Jersey
Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVET OF NEW' JERSEY HENRY 8. %CMM@L,SUt. Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey BY Val. VIId the...7nWeq %em& -- Pm Wfe ]pro NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CONTENTS....history of iron-ore mining in New Jersey. .... Outline of the geology of New Jersey. ............. General character...farm exploration. ................... (ii i) NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 32 32 34 35 35 35 39 40 41....... Thatcher mine. ........................... New Village mine. ....................... Broadway mine
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
mines at Paris, Oxford County, Maine, and the Palermo No. 1 mine, Groton County, New Hampshire. It occurred...jordanite in zinc ores mined at Balmat, Edwards County, New York (Jensen 1978). It was a rare mineral in...Sussex County (Palache 1941) and was an unusual mineral occurring in calcite at the Lower New Street...Street trap-rock quarry at Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey. It is a very rare accessory mineral in the...groups of crystals from the Getchell mine, Humboldt County, where individual crystals to 12 cm have been found
Report (volume)
distribution..........___________________ Garnetiferous quartz-biotite gneiss._ _ __________ _ ___ Quartzite....rocks_._____.______---_-___---_____-________._-_____ Quartz-oligoclase gneiss.______-___-___-_ __ _____ __...rocks and metasedimentary rocks. Relations between quartz-oligoclase gneiss and hornblende granite. ,0rigin...___ ____-_------_------_---_-_-_-_-___________ Quartz-.-.----------.-------------------------------B...amphibolite-_________________________ 41. Photomicrograph of quartz-oligoclase gneiss__-_____________ 42. Photomicrograph
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
or diabases and pillow basalts of northeastern New Jersey. It has been collected here since the first half...Bergen County, and similar specimens have been collected in railroad cuts and tunnels in the Jersey City...Weehawken areas and quarries at Snake Hill, Hudson County. Exceptional analcime specimens have been collected...collected from many localities in Passaic County, such as quarries at Paterson and West Paterson (including...(including the famous Upper and Lower New Street quarries where crystals to 7 cm have been collected), Downloaded
Book
Edward, 1911- The geology and landscapes of New Jersey 31 s 52 3'2..2 5 0 - --, Peter 557. 49 Wolfe...Edward, l~llWOL The geology and landscapes of New Jersey - ----1 BOl'ROWCR S NAM( ----- ,., ,i.,...cape0000wolf The Geology and Landscapes of New Jersey Delaware River a11d Water Gap, w1tli Kittat11111y...CRANE RUSSAK 1rllil® • NEW YORK The Geology and Landscapes of New Jersey Published bv Crane, Russak...& Company, Inc. .347 Madison A\'enue ew Yori-.., New York 10017 Copynght © 19'i7 Crane, Ru~sak & Company
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
November 2014 Covellite Summitville, Rio Grande County, Colorado Two minerals are typically formed when...localities as the Loudville mine, Easthampton, Hampshire County, Massachusetts; Mineral Hill, WakeFigure 1. A surprisingly...Carroll County, New Hampshire; the Ecton mine, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania; and many New Jersey trap-rock...quarries such as those around Prospect Park, Passaic County. It was a minor ore mineral in many districts...Mineral district, Louisa County, and the Virgilina district, Halifax County, Virginia; the Ducktown district
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Windham, Maine, and at the Dexter quarry, Lincoln County, Rhode Island. A historical occurrence is with...quarries of New Jersey, including those at Edgewater, Bergen County; Bergen Hill, Hudson County; and Great...Upper Montclair, Paterson, and West Paterson, Passaic County. Scolecite has been collected in the diabase...quarry at Manassas, Prince William County, and near Hightown, Highland County, Virginia. It is found with other...fractures in stone quarried at Woodleaf, Rowan County, North Carolina, and occurs as similar radiating
Journal (issue)
on the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey By John S. Albanese VOL. I APRIL 1960 Published...address: John S. Albanese P. 0. Box 221 Union, New Jersey No. 3 Historical Notes -38- Sterling Hill...settled in the Minisink Valley, near Port Jervis, New York, and worked this mine for copper. This was at...through Dr. Fowler's interest and efforts that these new ores and minerals were brought to the attention of... Gibbs, Nuttal, vanuxem, Keating. Dr. Bruce, of New York, was perhaps the first who called public attention
 
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