Mine detail: Silver Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.94194, -74.7382

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Garnet

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1855

Geology

Host rock:Biotite Gneiss;Amphibolite
Host type:Gneiss,Amphibolite

References

MRDSDE01092
DEP10021707
Reference{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.}
ReporterKaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.)