| Location: | Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 40.55445, -75.40462 |
| dep_id: | 10067405 |
| mrds_id: | W000152 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Zinc |
| Minor mineral: | Cadmium, Iron, Limestone, General |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Deposit type: | Replacement |
| Production size: | Large ammount of material produced |
| Development status: | Past Producer |
| ore: | Sphalerite, Smithsonite, Hemimorphite, Pyrite, Limonite, Greenockite, Chalcopyrite, Goslarite, Sauconite |
| gangue: | Dolomite, Calcite, Chert, Kaolinite, Aragonite, Quartz |
| orebody_fm: | TABULAR, THIN |
| model: | 231: Mississippi Valley, minor |
| conc_proc: | Solution-Collapse Breccias |
| Reporter: | Mishra, C.P., Sutphin, David M., Whitlow, S., Woodruff, Laurel G., Wright, Nancy A. |
| hrock_unit: | Beekmantown Formation |
| hrock_type: | Carbonate |
| arock_unit: | Jacksonburg Formation, Allentown Formation |
| arock_type: | Mixed Clastic/Carbonate Rock,Dolomite |
| Structure: | Saucon Valley, Reading Prong ; Reg.Trends: Northeast - Southwest, Southwesterly Plunging Overturned Anticline, Saucon Fault |
| tectonic: | Interior Basin |
| Year first produced: | 1853 |
| disc_yr: | 1810 |
| discr: | Jacob Ueberroth |
| References: |
- Deposit:: CALLAHAN, W.H., 1970, GEOLOGY OF FRIEDENSVILLE ZINC MINE, LEHIGH COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME) V. 1: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 95-107.
- Deposit:: MILLER, B.S., 1925, MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE ALLENTOWN QUADRANGLE, PENNSYLVANIA: PENNSYLVANIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, 4TH SERIES, GEOLOGICAL ATLAS OF PENNSYLVANIA, ATLAS 206, 195 P.
- Deposit:: Metsger, R.W., Wilman, A.H., and Van Ness, C.G., 1973, Field guide to the Friedensville mine of the New Jersey Zinc Company: Geological Society of America field guide for Northeastern Section Meeting at Allentown, Pennsylvania, New Jersey Zinc Company, 21 p.
- Deposit:: CHILDS, M.S., 1957, GEOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT AT FRIEDENSVILLE IN MINING ENGINEERING, JAN. 1975.--GEOL., HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT AT FRIEDENSVILLE.
- Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL,DEC,1969, ARTICLE: CANADIAN DATA YIELDS GRAPHS TO SPEED MINE FEASIBILITY STUDIES.
- Deposit:: FRASER, D.M., 1935, MICROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF FRIEDENSVILLE PENNSYLVANIA, ZINC ORE: THE AMER. MINEROLOGIST V. 20, PP. 451-454.
- Deposit:: MILLER, B.L., 1926, ALLENTOWN QUADRANGLE: 4TH PA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 206.
- Deposit:: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, 1977. 10K REPORT.
- Deposit:: SOCOLOW, A.A. (1959A), FRIEDENSVILLE, PA MINE, NEW JERSEY ZINC.
- Deposit:: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES MINERAL YEARBOOK, 1965-1973--ZINC PRODUCTION.
- Deposit:: 1981 MSHA LIST
- Deposit:: 1980 MSHA LIST
- Deposit:: RCF & CMS LISTS 10/81
- Deposit:: ASSOC. WITH MILL, MAS SEQ # 0240779012, MRDS dep_id 10153865.
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