Mine detail: Silver Mine

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Location: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.94194, -74.7382
dep_id: 10021707
mrds_id: DE01092
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
gangue: Garnet
Reporter: Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_unit: Biotite Gneiss;Amphibolite
hrock_type: Gneiss,Amphibolite
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1855
References:
  • Deposit:: BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910, IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST.
  • Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED 1987.
  • Deposit:: STATE OF N.J. DEPT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, 1982. ABANDONED IRON MINES OF BYRAM TOWNSHIP SUSSEX COUNTY.
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