Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Ore mineralsCopper
GangueChalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Associated rockBasalt
Tectonic settingNewark Rift Basin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1812
Last production1868
Discovery year1812
Identification
Deposit ID10081865
MRDS IDW044255
Alternate namesHoffman Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.63972, -74.62653
References
WOODWARD, H.P., 1944, COPPER MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BULL. 57