Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Hope Mountain, Ringwood, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA

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

mindat Locality ID: 252403
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-252403.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hope Mountain, Ringwood, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Oak Mine

Latitude: 41°6'0"N
Longitude: 74°14'"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.1,-74.233333333333

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

None	Spinel

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: Fe O

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
None Spinel

1 IMA Minerals at location:

Magnetite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1260	977	1	243569	14899

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Sample Source	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen001391	1260	1236	1248±12	207Pb/206Pb	emplacement of diorite protolith	zircon	Yes	Zircon	12964	Tellington Mine, Ringwood, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001392	1260	1260	1260±		intrusive age	zircon	Yes	Zircon	12964	Tellington Mine, Ringwood, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001393	1001	977	989±12		regional metamorphic event	zircon	Yes	Zircon	12964	Tellington Mine, Ringwood, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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