Mine detail: Pequest Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

40.83167, -74.96849

Resource(M)

Primary:	Iron
Gangue:	Chlorite, Epidote, Feldspar, Hornblende
Orebody form:	POD
Discovery year:	1869

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Deposit type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1869
Last production ended:	1880

Geology

Host type:

Gneiss

References

MRDS	W055085
DEP	10106373
Reference	{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}
Reporter	Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.)