Mine detail: Hoffman Prospect

Previously called 'Hoffman Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.63972, -74.62653

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Copper
Gangue: Chalcocite, Chrysocolla, Malachite
Discovery year: 1812

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1812
Last production ended: 1868

Geology

Host type:Sandstone
Associated type:Basalt
Tectonic:Newark Rift Basin

References

MRDSW044255
DEP10081865
ReferenceWOODWARD, H.P., 1944, COPPER MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BULL. 5
ReporterMaster, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.)