Mine detail: Woosamonsa Prospect

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.33807, -74.83571

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcocite, Chrysocolla

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Contact Metasomatic
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence
First production started: 1896

Geology

Host rock:Brunswick
Host type:Slate
Associated rock:Pennington Mountain
Associated type:Diabase

References

MRDSW055221
DEP10082475
Reference{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}
ReporterMaster, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.)