Mine detail: Stony Brook Mines

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Location

Lat / long:

40.6325, -74.44347

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Copper
Discovery year:	1825

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1866

Geology

Host rock:	Brunswick
Host type:	Shale
Associated rock:	First Watchung
Associated type:	Basalt
Tectonic:	Newark Rift Basin

References

MRDS	W044253
DEP	10081863
Reference	WOODWARD, H.P., 1944, COPPER MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BULL. 5
Reporter	Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.)