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Sparta, Township of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States

Type:	Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:	Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Region:	Township of Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey, United States
Latitude:	41° 2' 0" N
Longitude:	74° 38' 18" W
Lat/Long (dec):	41.03343,-74.63849
Köppen climate type:	Dfb : Warm-summer humid continental climate
Elevation:	228m
Population:	19,722 (2018)
Mindat Feature ID:	5104882
Long-form Identifier:	mindat:2:6:5104882:6
GUID:	4dbe7eea-cced-4eca-8ba8-b99b9ee7ae6d

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Mindat.org localities near to this feature

Locality	Latitude	Longitude	Distance
Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 2' 0" N	74° 38' 18" W	0.0km (0.0 miles)
Amos Sharp's Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 1' 59" N	74° 37' 59" W	0.4km (0.3 miles)
Goble Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 1' 59" N	74° 37' 59" W	0.4km (0.3 miles)
Bunker exploration, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 1' 59" N	74° 37' 59" W	0.4km (0.3 miles)
Sparta, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 2' 24" N	74° 37' 51" W	1.0km (0.6 miles)
Bird's Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 1' 59" N	74° 37' 0" W	1.8km (1.1 miles)
Sherman farms exploration, Sparta, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 0' 59" N	74° 37' 0" W	2.6km (1.6 miles)
Ford Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 0' 59" N	74° 35' 59" W	3.7km (2.3 miles)
Van Kirk exploration, Woodruffs Gap, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 3' 59" N	74° 39' 0" W	3.8km (2.4 miles)
Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 3' 5" N	74° 40' 49" W	4.1km (2.5 miles)
Woodport Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 0' 0" N	74° 37' 0" W	4.1km (2.6 miles)
Sussex Lead Mine, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 3' 17" N	74° 40' 44" W	4.2km (2.6 miles)
Sussex Mills dike, Sussex Mills (Howellsville), Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 2' 59" N	74° 41' 0" W	4.2km (2.6 miles)
Woodruffs Gap, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 4' 17" N	74° 39' 18" W	4.5km (2.8 miles)
Lime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 3' 20" N	74° 40' 59" W	4.5km (2.8 miles)
Pinckneyville, Andover Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 2' 47" N	74° 41' 33" W	4.8km (3.0 miles)
Dodge Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 0' 59" N	74° 35' 0" W	5.0km (3.1 miles)
Schofield Mine (Scofield Mine), Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 0' 59" N	74° 35' 0" W	5.0km (3.1 miles)
Sickles Mine, Hopatcong Borough, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	40° 59' 0" N	74° 37' 59" W	5.6km (3.5 miles)
Gaffney Mine, Hopatcong Borough, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	40° 58' 59" N	74° 39' 0" W	5.7km (3.5 miles)
Woodport, Jefferson Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA	40° 59' 7" N	74° 36' 37" W	5.8km (3.6 miles)
Shongum Mine, Woodport, Jefferson Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA	40° 58' 59" N	74° 37' 0" W	5.9km (3.6 miles)
Duffee Mine, Woodport, Jefferson Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA	41° 0' 0" N	74° 35' 0" W	5.9km (3.7 miles)
Fraser Mine (Frazer Mine), Woodport, Jefferson Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA	41° 0' 0" N	74° 35' 0" W	5.9km (3.7 miles)
Noble pit (Lot #10 - Ogden Divisions; Noble Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 4' 54" N	74° 36' 24" W	6.0km (3.7 miles)
Ulvöspinel Locality, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 3' 19" N	74° 34' 23" W	6.0km (3.7 miles)
Fill Quarry, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 4' 54" N	74° 36' 20" W	6.0km (3.7 miles)
Davenport Mine, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 3' 33" N	74° 34' 31" W	6.0km (3.8 miles)
Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 4' 57" N	74° 36' 21" W	6.1km (3.8 miles)
Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	41° 5' 0" N	74° 36' 24" W	6.2km (3.8 miles)

Headframe

Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

East Vein Pillar and Boulders in SW UV 2008

Passaic pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

Fluorescing Boulders 3

Passaic pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

Headframe

Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

East Vein Pillar and Boulders in SW UV 2008

Passaic pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

Fluorescing Boulders 3

Passaic pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

Headframe

Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

East Vein Pillar and Boulders in SW UV 2008

Passaic pit, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

Minerals recorded nearby (within 6.2 km)

ⓘ 'Amphibole Supergroup'

ⓘ 'Anomalite' (FRL)

ⓘ Bariopharmacosiderite

ⓘ Chalcophanite (TL)

ⓘ Chalcopyrite

ⓘ 'Chlorite Group'

ⓘ 'Chloroferrokinoshitalite' (FRL)

ⓘ 'Clinozoisite-Epidote Series'

ⓘ var: Roepperite (of Brush)

ⓘ Fluorapophyllite-(K)

ⓘ Fluorite

ⓘ Fluorophlogopite

ⓘ Fluoro-tremolite (TL)

ⓘ Fluor-uvite

ⓘ Foitite

ⓘ Forsterite

ⓘ Fraipontite (TL)

ⓘ Franklinite (TL)

ⓘ Friedelite

ⓘ Gahnite

ⓘ Galena

ⓘ var: Silver-bearing Galena

ⓘ 'Garnet Group'

ⓘ Genthelvite

ⓘ Gerstmannite (TL)

ⓘ var: Hydrogrossular

ⓘ Hetaerolite (TL)

ⓘ var: Hydrohetaerolite (FRL)

ⓘ Heulandite-Ca

ⓘ 'Heulandite Subgroup'

ⓘ Hexahydrite

ⓘ Hodgkinsonite

ⓘ Holdenite

ⓘ 'Hornblende Root Name Group'

ⓘ 'Jeffersonite' (FRL)

ⓘ 'Köttigite-Parasymplesite Series'

ⓘ Kraisslite (TL)

ⓘ Kutnohorite

ⓘ Laumontite

ⓘ Lavendulan

ⓘ Lawsonbauerite (TL)

ⓘ 'Magnesian hastingsite'

ⓘ Magnesiochlorophoenicite

ⓘ Magnesio-hornblende

ⓘ Magnetite

ⓘ var: Titanium-bearing Magnetite

ⓘ Mcgovernite (TL)

ⓘ Ogdensburgite (TL)

ⓘ Parabrandtite (TL)

ⓘ 'Powellite-Scheelite Series'

ⓘ Pyrosmalite-(Mn) (TL)

ⓘ Retzian-(La) (TL)

ⓘ Retzian-(Nd) (TL)

ⓘ 'Serpentine Subgroup'

ⓘ Sterlinghillite (TL)

ⓘ Stibnite

ⓘ Stilbite-Ca

ⓘ 'Stilbite Subgroup'

ⓘ Strontiopharmacosiderite

ⓘ Sulphur

ⓘ Sussexite

ⓘ 'Sussexite-Szaibélyite Series'

ⓘ 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup'

ⓘ 'UM1983-30-AsO:FeHMgMnZn (Also known as Mineral D)'

ⓘ 'UM1986-10-CO:ClHMgMnZn (also called Mineral F, Dunn, 1995)' (FRL)

ⓘ Wallkilldellite (TL)

ⓘ Wendwilsonite (TL)

ⓘ Willemite

ⓘ var: Beta-Willemite

ⓘ var: Troostite

ⓘ Wollastonite

ⓘ Woodruffite (TL)

Rock types recorded nearby (within 6.2 km)

ⓘ 'Schalenblende'

Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

Region	Type

North America Plate	Tectonic Plate
Appalachian Basin, North America Plate	Basin
Laurentides Domain, North America Plate	Domain
USA	Country
New Jersey, USA	State
Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	County
Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	Township

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