Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1224
Youngest recorded age at locality: 931

mindat Locality ID: 29430
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29430.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Bunker Exploration
Drew's Farm
Sherman Farms Exploration
Sickles Mine

Latitude: 41°0'39"N
Longitude: 74°37'39"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.010833333333,-74.6275

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.

Corundum	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: Al Fe O Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Corundum None Spinel

3 IMA Minerals at location:

Corundum ()*	Ilmenite ()*	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
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	243874	1797
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃			1	243874	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1033	931	3	243873,243875,243876	14899

54 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
Kristen001236	1045.5	1018.9	1032.2±13.3	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-1.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001237	1213	1186.2	1199.6±13.4	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-2.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001238	1008.3	985.5	996.9±11.4	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-2.2	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001239	1113.4	1088.2	1100.8±12.6	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-3.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001240	1035	1010.2	1022.6±12.4	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-4.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001241	1042.4	1016.2	1029.3±13.1	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-5.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001242	1039	1012	1025.5±13.5	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-6.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001243	1071.6	1048.2	1059.9±11.7	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-7.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001244	1076.1	1052.9	1064.5±11.6	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-7.2	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001245	1105.6	1080.4	1093±12.6	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-8.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001246	1081.2	1056.4	1068.8±12.4	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-9.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001247	1082.8	1058	1070.4±12.4	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-10.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001248	1091.1	1066.5	1078.8±12.3	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-11.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001249	1224	1190.6	1207.3±16.7	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-12.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001250	1105.9	1081.5	1093.7±12.2	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-12.2	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001251	1072.9	1048.9	1060.9±12	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-13.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001252	1070.6	1045.6	1058.1±12.5	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-13.2	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001253	1088.1	1035.9	1062±26.1	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-14.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001254	1112.6	1086.4	1099.5±13.1	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-15.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001255	1045.8	1023	1034.4±11.4	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-16.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001256	1049.3	1025.3	1037.3±12	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-17.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001257	1164.4	1138.2	1151.3±13.1	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-17.2	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001258	1045.7	1022.3	1034±11.7	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-18.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001259	1066.3	1040.9	1053.6±12.7	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-19.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001260	1066.6	1037.6	1052.1±14.5	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-20.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001261	1022	998.6	1010.3±11.7	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	ST2-05-21.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001262	1045	1013	1029±16	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-1.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001263	1169	1149	1159±10	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-2.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001264	993	965	979±14	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-2.2	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001265	1057	1033	1045±12	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-3.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001266	1093	1053	1073±20	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-4.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001267	1046	1024	1035±11	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-5.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001268	1031	1001	1016±15	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-6.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001269	1076	1056	1066±10	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-7.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001270	1078	1064	1071±7	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-7.2	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001271	1042	1014	1028±14	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-8.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001272	1030	1000	1015±15	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-9.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001273	1054	1022	1038±16	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-10.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001274	1064	1038	1051±13	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-11.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001275	1199	1179	1189±10	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-12.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001276	1035	1019	1027±8	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-12.2	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001277	1094	1068	1081±13	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-13.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001278	1064	1030	1047±17	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-13.2	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001279	997	943	970±27	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-14.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001280	1046	1012	1029±17	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-15.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001281	1013	995	1004±9	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-16.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001282	1037	1011	1024±13	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-17.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001283	1180	1154	1167±13	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-17.2	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001284	1043	1011	1027±16	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-18.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001285	1041	1009	1025±16	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-19.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001286	1043	1015	1029±14	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-20.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001287	1028	1000	1014±14	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	ST2-05-21.1	Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001412	1033	1021	1027±6		emplacement of clinopyroxene granite	high	zircon		Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001413	947	931	939±8			high	zircon		Zircon	12900	Sickles Mine, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307

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