Mine detail: Hibernia Mine

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Location: Morris County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.95083, -74.4868
dep_id: 10082371
mrds_id: W055108
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Magnetite
gangue: Apatite, Biotite, Hornblende, Plagioclase, Quartz
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_unit: Biotite Quartz Plagioclase Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1722
yr_lst_prd: 1907
References:
  • Deposit:: BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST;
  • Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED 1986
  • Deposit:: STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, 1978. ABANDONED IRON MINES OF ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP, MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY
  • Deposit:: JERMAIN, M., 1943. NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVE* PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON, NJ
  • Deposit:: SIMS, P.K., 1958. GEOLOGY AND MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE DOVER DISTRICT, MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 287
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