Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1397.9
Youngest recorded age at locality: 360

mindat Locality ID: 29433
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-29433.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Sussex Lead Mine
Sussex Mills Dike

Latitude: 41°3'8"N
Longitude: 74°40'51"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 41.052222222222,-74.680833333333

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.

Clinozoisite	Corundum	Epidote	Fluorite	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Titanite

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 Ca F Fe H O Pb S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clinozoisite Corundum Epidote Fluorite None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Sphalerite Titanite

8 IMA Minerals at location:

Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Quartz ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*

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
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1307	360	1	243879	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1307	360	1	243878	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1307	360	1	243878	24243
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1307	360	1	243879	5433
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1307	360	1	243879	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1307	360	1	243879	61156
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1307	360	1	243878	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1307	360	1	243879	4899

48 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
Kristen000776	1298.7	1271.1	1284.9±13.8	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-1.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000777	1314.3	1291.9	1303.1±11.2	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-2.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000778	1292.7	1271.9	1282.3±10.4	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-3.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000779	1397.9	1373.7	1385.8±12.1	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-4.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000780	1397	1372.6	1384.8±12.2	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-5.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000781	1328.6	1304.6	1316.6±12	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-6.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000782	1317.4	1295.4	1306.4±11	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-7.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000783	1394.8	1363	1378.9±15.9	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-8.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000784	1212.8	1193	1202.9±9.9	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-9.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000785	1361.5	1338.5	1350±11.5	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-10.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000786	1346.9	1313.7	1330.3±16.6	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-11.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000787	1244.2	1222.4	1233.3±10.9	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-12.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000788	1301.2	1279.2	1290.2±11	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-13.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000789	1328.5	1306.3	1317.4±11.1	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-14.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000790	1316.9	1293.7	1305.3±11.6	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-15.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000791	947.5	927.9	937.7±9.8	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-16.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000792	1001.1	987.9	994.5±6.6	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-17.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000793	754.8	743.8	749.3±5.5	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-18.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000794	1062.9	1048.9	1055.9±7	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-19.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000795	996.8	983.8	990.3±6.5	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-20.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000796	1322.4	1300.4	1311.4±11	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-21.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000797	1332.6	1303	1317.8±14.8	206Pb/238U		low	zircon	NE1-04-22.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000798	1331	1297	1314±17	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-1.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000799	1330	1304	1317±13	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-2.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000800	1273	1241	1257±16	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-3.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000801	1288	1254	1271±17	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-4.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000802	1293	1261	1277±16	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-5.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000803	1297	1269	1283±14	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-6.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000804	1277	1257	1267±10	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-7.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000805	1315	1289	1302±13	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-8.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000806	1264	1240	1252±12	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-9.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000807	1316	1292	1304±12	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-10.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000808	1325	1295	1310±15	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-11.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000809	1305	1273	1289±16	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-12.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000810	1274	1222	1248±26	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-13.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000811	1296	1270	1283±13	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-14.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000812	1301	1273	1287±14	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-15.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000813	984	974	979±5	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-16.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000814	1001	991	996±5	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-17.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000815	884	872	878±6	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-18.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000816	1007	997	1002±5	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-19.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000817	998	988	993±5	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-20.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000818	1321	1289	1305±16	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-21.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen000819	1328	1308	1318±10	207Pb/206Pb		low	zircon	NE1-04-22.1	Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001394	1307	1291	1299±8		extrusion of rhyolite protolith	high	zircon		Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001395	1273	1245	1259±14			high	zircon		Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001396	998	982	990±8		metamorphism of rhyolite protolith	high	zircon		Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA	New Jersey Highlands	Vokert et al. (2010)	10.1130/2010.1206(14)	GSAM206_307
Kristen001397	442	360	401±41			high	zircon		Zircon	12206	Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), 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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