Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeContact Metasomatic
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chrysocolla
Geology
Host rockSlate · Brunswick
Associated rockDiabase · Pennington Mountain
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
First production1896
Identification
Deposit ID10082475
MRDS IDW055221
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.33807, -74.83571
References
KUMMEL, H.B., 1896, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES, ON FILE NJGS, TRENTONKUMMEL, H.B., MINING INDUSTRY OF NEW JERSEY; ANN. REPT. STATE GEOLOGIST OF NEW JERSEY FOR 1900; P. 213, 1901WOODWARD, H.P., COPPER MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY; BULLETIN 57, GEOLOGIC SERIES, DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF NJ, 1944; P. 109LEWIS, J.V., NEWARK (TRIASSIC) COPPER ORES IN NEW JERSEY; ANN. REPT. STATE GEOLOGIST OF NEW JERSEY FOR 1906; P. 155, 1907FIELD CHECKED 1985