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Bethlehem Mine (Swayze Mine), West Portal, Bethlehem Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, USAi
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Bethlehem Mine (Swayze Mine)Mine
West PortalUnincorporated Community
Bethlehem TownshipTownship
Hunterdon CountyCounty
New JerseyState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 39' North , 75° 2' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Bloomsbury848 (2017)4.5km
Asbury273 (2017)5.5km
Stewartsville349 (2017)8.2km
New Village421 (2017)8.5km
Hampton1,361 (2017)9.1km
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ClubLocationDistance
Monroe County Earth Science AssociationStroudsburg, Pennsylvania40km
Friends of Mineralogy - Pennsylvania ChapterSt. Peters, Pennsylvania42km
Morris Museum Mineralogical SocietyMorristown, New Jersey49km
Mindat Locality ID:
12319
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:12319:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Ref.: The Iron Mines of New Jersey (1910), Bayley:295-296; NJ State Geol. Annual Rpts.: (1868):616; (1873):55; (1879):65; (1880):110; (1881):36; (1883):123; (1884):94; (1885):104; (1890):108. An iron mine in magnetite ore located about ¾ mile East of West Portal. Started before 1868 and closed 1875; reopened 1879-1889.

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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

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5 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

'Amphibole Supergroup'
Formula: AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Epidote
Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
'Feldspar Group'
Ferro-hornblende
Formula: ◻Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Magnetite
Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Pyrite
Formula: FeS2
Quartz
Formula: SiO2

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
Pyrite2.EB.05aFeS2
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
Quartz4.DA.05SiO2
Group 9 - Silicates
Epidote9.BG.05a(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ferro-hornblende9.DE.10◻Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Unclassified
'Amphibole Supergroup'-AB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
'Feldspar Group'-

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
H Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
H Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
H Ferro-hornblende◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
OOxygen
O Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
O Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
O Ferro-hornblende◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
O QuartzSiO2
FFluorine
F Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
AlAluminium
Al Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Al Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Al Ferro-hornblende◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
SiSilicon
Si Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
Si Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Si Ferro-hornblende◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Si QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
S PyriteFeS2
ClChlorine
Cl Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
CaCalcium
Ca Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Ca Ferro-hornblende◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
TiTitanium
Ti Amphibole SupergroupAB2C5((Si,Al,Ti)8O22)(OH,F,Cl,O)2
FeIron
Fe Epidote(CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH)
Fe Ferro-hornblende◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Fe PyriteFeS2

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