Mine detail: Pochuk Mine

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Location: Sussex County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.18056, -74.5493
dep_id: 10021723
mrds_id: DE01109
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_unit: Franklin Formation;Hardyston Formation
hrock_type: Dolomite
Year first produced: 1835
yr_lst_prd: 1876
References:
  • Deposit:: BAYLEY, WILLIAM S. 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGYST.
  • Deposit:: COOK, GEORGE H., 1868. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1868.
  • Deposit:: PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT THE NJGS IN TRENTON, NJ.
  • Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED BY BELL, 1984.
  • Deposit:: ANNUAL REPORTS OF STATE GEOLOGISTS FOR THE YEARS (PAGES): 1840 (90-91), 1854 (42), 1855 (146-7), 1868 (663), 1871 (32), 1872 (20), 1873 (88-9), 1879 (93).
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