Mine detail: Sterling Mine

Previously called 'Sterling Hill Underground'

Location:	Sussex County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long:	41.0839, -74.60599
dep_id:	10198715
mrds_id:	W020333
mas_id:	340370001
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Zinc
Trace mineral:	Iron, Manganese
Operation type:	Underground
Development status:	Past Producer
other_matl:	Andradite, Biotite, Calcite, Diopside, Dolomite, Fowlerite, Franklinite, Friedelite, Hardystonite, Lead, Rhodonite, Schefferite, Sphalerite, Tephroite, Willemite, Zincite
work_type:	Underground
Reporter:	J J G
Year first produced:	1915
disc_yr:	1840
References:	Deposit:: CAMMAROTA, A.V., JR. ZINC. BUMINES MINERALS YEARBOOK 1980, Deposit:: V. 1, 1982, PP. 883-912. Deposit:: DILORENZO, E.B. (ED.). RESOURCES - DOMESTIC MINES ISSUE, Deposit:: NATURAL RESOURCES GROUP, V. II, 1977, 20 PP. Deposit:: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF Deposit:: MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1977, Deposit:: PP. 113 AND 207. Deposit:: GULF & WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC. FORM 10K, SECURITIES AND Deposit:: EXCHANGE COMMISSION, 1980. Deposit:: HAGUE, J.M., ET. AL. GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE FRANKLIN- Deposit:: STERLING AREA, NEW JERSEY. GEOL. SOC. AMER. BULL., Deposit:: V. 67, 1956, PP. 435-473. Deposit:: KEBBLISH, W., AND R.J. TUCHMAN. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF NEW Deposit:: JERSEY. BUMINES MINERALS YEARBOOK 1980, V. 2, 1982, Deposit:: PP. 355-363. Deposit:: METSGER, R.W., ET. AL. GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE STERLING HILL Deposit:: ZINC DEPOSIT, SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. GEOL. SOC. Deposit:: AMER. BULL., V. 69, 1958, PP. 775-788. Deposit:: MINING ENGINEERING. NEW JERSEY ZINC, FRANKLIN-STERLING Deposit:: OPERATIONS. DECEMBER 1953, PP. 1208-1213. Deposit:: PALACHE, C. THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL, Deposit:: SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. Deposit:: PAPER 180, 1935, PP. 2-24. Deposit:: PINGER, A.W. GEOLOGY OF THE FRANKLIN-STERLING AREA, SUSSEX Deposit:: COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. 18TH INTER. GEOL. CONG. REPORT, Deposit:: 1950, PP. 7, 77-87. Deposit:: RIDGE, J.D. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN Deposit:: THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. GEOL. SOC. AMER. MEMOIR 131, Deposit:: 1972, PP. 434-439. Deposit:: SKILLING*MINING REVIEW. U.S. NONFUEL MINERAL PRODUCTION Deposit:: IN 1980. FEBRUARY 28, 1981, P. 12.