Mine detail: Franklin Mine

Previously called 'Trotter Shaft'

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Location

Lat / long: 41.1181, -74.58599

Resource(M)

Tertiary: Cobalt, Iron, Lead, Magnesite, Manganese, Nickel, Zinc
Other material: Arsenopyrite, Calcite, Chloanthite, Franklinite, Pyrite, Willemite, Zincite
Discovery year: 1750

Production

Operation type: Underground
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1880

Geology

References

MRDSW019035
MAS340370026
DEP10126144
Reference{Deposit:: VHAY, J. S., 1952, COBALT RESOURCES, CHAP. 6 OF MATERIALS SU}{Deposit:: COBALT/ U. S. BUREAU OF MINES, P. VI-46.}{Deposit:: BILBREY, JOSEPH H., 1962, COBALT-A MATERIALS SURVEY/ U. S. B}{Deposit:: OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 8103, P. 30.}{Deposit:: PALACHE, CHARLES, 1935, THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN & STERLING}{Deposit:: SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY/ U. S. G. S. PROF. PAPER 180, 135}{Deposit:: KERR, PAUL F., 1932, ZINC DEPOSITS NEAR FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY}{Deposit:: BERKEY, CHARLES P., ED., MINERAL DEPOSITS OF NEW JERSEY & EA}{Deposit:: PENNSYLVANIA/ INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, XVI SESSION}{Deposit:: UNITED STATES, 1933, GUIDEBOOK 8, PP. 2-14.}{Deposit:: BAUM, JOHN L., 1953, NEW JERSEY ZINC, FRANKLIN-STERLING OPER}{Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING, DECEMBER, PP. 1208-1210.}
ReporterLyday, Travis Q.