Mine detail: New Brunswick Mines

Previously called 'French MineRaritan Mine'

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Location

Lat / long:

40.51222, -74.45737

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chrysocolla, Copper, Cuprite
Discovery year:	1750

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1751
Last production ended:	1868

Geology

Host rock:	Brunswick
Host type:	Shale
Tectonic:	Newark Rift Basin

References

MRDS	W044256
DEP	10081866
Reference	WOODWARD, H.P., COPPER MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BULL. 57
Reporter	Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.)