Mine detail: Woosamonsa Prospect

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Location: Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.33807, -74.83571
dep_id: 10082475
mrds_id: W055221
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcocite, Chrysocolla
Reporter: Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_unit: Brunswick
hrock_type: Slate
arock_unit: Pennington Mountain
arock_type: Diabase
yfp_ba: <
Year first produced: 1896
References:
  • Deposit:: KUMMEL, H.B., 1896, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVE* PERMANENT NOTES, ON FILE NJGS, TRENTON
  • Deposit:: KUMMEL, H.B., MINING INDUSTRY OF NEW JERSEY; ANN. REPT. STATE GEOLOGIST OF NEW JERSEY FOR 1900; P. 213, 1901
  • Deposit:: WOODWARD, H.P., COPPER MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY; BULLETIN 57, GEOLOGIC SERIES, DEPT. OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF NJ, 1944; P. 109
  • Deposit:: LEWIS, J.V., NEWARK (TRIASSIC) COPPER ORES IN NEW JERSEY; ANN. REPT. STATE GEOLOGIST OF NEW JERSEY FOR 1906; P. 155, 1907
  • Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED 1985
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