Mine detail: Mount Hope Mine - Brown Shaft

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Location: Morris County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.935, -74.5407
dep_id: 10021861
mrds_id: DE01491
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Magnetite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_type: Gneiss
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1710
yr_lst_prd: 1969
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:: SIMS, P.K., 1958. GEOLOGY AND MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE DOVER DISTRICT, MORRIS COUNTY NJ 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.
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