Mineral Evolution Database
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Locality Name:
Ringwood, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1260
Youngest recorded age at locality: 977

mindat Locality ID: 23800
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23800.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ringwood, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA": 32
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 30
Child Localities:
Blue Mine
Bush Mine
Cannon Mines
Cook Mine
Cooper Mine
George Explorations
Good Hope Mine
Hard Mine
Henion Mine
Hope Mine (Spanish Hope Mine; Good Hope Mine)
Hope Mountain
Keeler Mine
Kornerupine Group Locality
Little Blue Mine
Little Red Mine
Miller Mine
Mule Mine
Negro Pond
New Miller Mine
New Mine (Wood Mine)
New Peter Mine
Peter Mine
Peters Mine
Shepards Ponds
Sloat Farm Mine
St. George Mine (Saint George Mine)
Stonetown
Tellington Mine
Ward Mine
Winslow Mine

Latitude: 41°5'56"N
Longitude: 74°14'37"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.098888888889,-74.243611111111
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al B C Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleClinozoisiteEpidoteFeldsparGarnetKornerupineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RutileSpinel

12 IMA Minerals at location:
Albite  (*)Almandine  (*)Augite  (*)Epidote  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)
Graphite  (*)Kornerupine  (*)Magnetite  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rutile  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)126097712435718803
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)3126097712435712353
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O6126097712435812060
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)12609775243560,243565,243575,243578,2435818173
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)212609776243558,243559,243560,243565,243575,243581271
Graphite  (*)NoneC12609772243576,2435822812
Kornerupine  (*)Kornerupine(Mg,Fe2+,Al,   )10(Si,Al,B)5O21(OH,F)21260977124357168
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4126097729243558,243559,243560,243561,243562,243563,243564,243565,243566,243567,243569,243570,243571,243572,243573,243574,243575,243577,243578,243579,243580,243581,243583,243584,243585,243586,243587,243588,24358914899
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)126097712435712349
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS212609772243558,24356039462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO212609774243559,243560,243571,24357861156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2126097712435605614


3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
Kristen001391126012361248±12207Pb/206Pbemplacement of diorite protolithzircon   Zircon  12964Tellington Mine, Ringwood, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen001392126012601260± intrusive agezircon   Zircon  12964Tellington Mine, Ringwood, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 
Kristen0013931001977989±12 regional metamorphic eventzircon   Zircon  12964Tellington Mine, Ringwood, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USANew Jersey HighlandsVokert et al. (2010)10.1130/2010.1206(14)GSAM206_307 

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