Mine detail: Pequest Mine

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Location: Warren County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.83167, -74.96849
dep_id: 10106373
mrds_id: W055085
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Chlorite, Epidote, Feldspar, Hornblende
orebody_fm: POD
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Fractures Strike 75 E And Dip 70 To 75 S
Reporter: Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1869
yr_lst_prd: 1880
disc_yr: 1869
References:
  • Deposit:: BAYLEY, WILLIAM S. 1910, IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PP 257-258
  • Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED 1985
  • Deposit:: JOHNSON, M.E. 1944, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON
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