Mine detail: Sterling Hill Iron Mine

Previously called 'Franklinite Mines'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.08194, -74.6057

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Magnetite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1877
Last production ended: 1882

Geology

Host rock:Franklin Formation
Host type:Marble

References

MRDSDE01129
DEP10021739
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:: COOK, GEORGE H., 1879. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879.}
ReporterKaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.)