Mine detail: Franklin-Sterling Hill Zinc District

Previously called 'Franklin District'

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Location

Lat / long:

41.1, -74.58292

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Secondary:	Iron, Manganese
Ore:	Franklinite, Willemite, Zincite
Other material:	Sphalerite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Franklin Marble
Host type:	Marble
Associated rock:	Furnace Magnetite Bed, Cork Hill Gneiss, Hardyston Quartzite, Kittatinny Limestone
Associated type:	Gneiss,Quartzite,Limestone
Structure:	Folding, faulting, and fractures control ore occurrence
Tectonic:	Epicratonic Basin
Alteration processes:	Dolomitization

References

MRDS	K002900
DEP	10307218
Reference	{Commodity:: Frondel, C. and Baum, J.L., 1974, Structure and mineralogy of the Franklin zinc-iron-manganese deposit, New Jersey: Economic Geology, v. 69, p. 157-180.}{Deposit:: PALACHE, C., 1935, THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL, SUSSEX COUNTY NEW JERSEY: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 180}{Deposit:: PINGER, A. W., 1950, GEOLOGY OF THE FRANKLIN - STERLING AREA, SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY; INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, 18TH, PT. 7 P. 77 - 87.}{Deposit:: Dunn, P.J., 1995, Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey: the worl * most magnificent mineral deposits, Part 1 160p., available from the distributor, the Franklin-Ogdesnburg Mineralogical Society, Franklin, New Jersey.}
Reporter	Fischer, Richard P., Wedow, Helmuth, Woodruff, Laurel G.