Mine detail: New Brunswick Mines

Previously called 'French MineRaritan Mine'

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Location: Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.51222, -74.45737
dep_id: 10081866
mrds_id: W044256
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite
ore_ctrl: Vein
Reporter: Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_unit: Brunswick
hrock_type: Shale
tectonic: Newark Rift Basin
Year first produced: 1751
yr_lst_prd: 1868
disc_yr: 1750
discr: Philip French
References:
  • WOODWARD, H.P., COPPER MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BULL. 57
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