New Jersey · Middlesex County
Past Producer

Menlo Park Mine

Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Ore controlFault
Materials
Ore mineralsChrysocolla
Geology
Host rockShale
Tectonic settingNewark Rift Basin
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1784
Last production1903
Discovery year1784
Identification
Deposit ID10100287
MRDS IDW044257
Alternate namesEdison Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates40.56444, -74.33319
References
WOODWARD, H.P., 1944, COPPER MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BULL. 57