Sourland Mountain, Hillsborough Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Sourland Mountain | Mountain |
| Hillsborough Township | Township |
| Somerset County | County |
| New Jersey | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 28' North , 74° 43' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Belle Mead | 216 (2017) | 4.7km |
| Harlingen | 297 (2017) | 5.1km |
| Skillman | 242 (2017) | 5.2km |
| Blawenburg | 280 (2017) | 6.7km |
| Bloomingdale | 7,714 (2017) | 6.8km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Leidy Microscopical Society | Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania | 34km |
| New Jersey Mineralogical Society, Inc | Mountainside, New Jersey | 38km |
| Morris Museum Mineralogical Society | Morristown, New Jersey | 42km |
| Friends of Mineralogy - Pennsylvania Chapter | St. Peters, Pennsylvania | 49km |
Mindat Locality ID:
13341
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:13341:7
GUID (UUID V4):
e072a77f-d122-4baa-b4fa-f340bd9cb27a
An occurrence in traprock. Sourland Mountain continues into Mercer County.
Although the map icon for this occurrence is near its northeastern end, Sourland Mountain extends southwestward for many miles. Near the Delaware River, in the vicinity of Lambertville, NJ the ridge is known as "Goat Hill" and its extention into Pennsylvania is known as "Solebury Mountain."
Sourland Mountain is more famous as the site of the Lindbergh baby's murder in 1932, than it is for minerals. The ridge known as Sourland Mountain is underlain by a diabase intrusion into the upper part of the Lockatong Formation, known as the Lambertville Sill. It is a faulted segment of the western extention of the Palisades intrusive. A quarry, formerly operated by the 3M Corp. for roofing granules and currently by Gibraltar Rock of Belle Mead for crushed stone aggregate, is the only major exposure of either the diabase or the associated hornfels in the entire extent of the Sourland Mountain ridge.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed 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' |
| ⓘ 'Tourmaline' Formula: AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z Description: Occurs at the contact of the traprock and the sedimentary rocks. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Actinolite | 9.DE.10 | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| ⓘ | Albite | 9.FA.35 | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Asbestos' | - | |
| ⓘ | 'Tourmaline' | - | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| ⓘ | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| B | Boron | |
| B | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| O | ⓘ Tourmaline | AD3G6 (T6O18)(BO3)3X3Z |
| O | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| F | Fluorine | |
| F | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Si | ⓘ Albite | Na(AlSi3O8) |
| P | Phosphorus | |
| P | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
| Ca | ⓘ Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Actinolite | ◻Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)2 |
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