Mine detail: Mount Hope Mine - New Leonard Shaft

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.93333, -74.53458

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Magnetite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1710
Last production ended: 1985

Geology

Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSDE01493
DEP10102179
Reference{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 1987.}{Deposit:: SIMS. P.K. 1958. GEOLOGY AND MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE DOVER DISTRICT, MORRIS COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF PAPER 287.}{Deposit:: KUMMEL, H.B., 1890 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1890.}{Deposit:: PERMANENT NOTES OF THE NJGS, ON FILE IN TRENTON NJ.}
ReporterKaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.0