Mine detail: Mount Hope Mine-Spencer Sha

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Location

Lat / long: 40.93389, -74.51736

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Apatite, Biotite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1710
Last production ended: 1969

Geology

Host rock:Pyroxene Gneiss
Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSDE01277
DEP10021783
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:: SIMS, P.K., 1958. GEOLOGY AND MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE DOVER DISTRICT, MORRIS COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 287.}{Deposit:: KUMMEL, H.B., 1890. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1890.}{Deposit:: PERMANENT NOTES OF THE NJGS, ON FILE IN TRENTON, NJ.}
ReporterKaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.)