| Deposit ID | 10081861 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W044251 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | American Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bridgewater Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.61515, 40.61472 (WGS84) |
|---|
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Somerset(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bound Brook(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Raritan(hydrologic unit)
Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Somerset |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chrysocolla | Ore |
| Copper | Ore |
| Cuprite | Ore |
| Malachite | Ore |
| Bornite | Gangue |
| Chalcocite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Mafic Volcanic Rock > Basalt | ||||||
| |||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale |
| Rock unit name | Brunswick |
| Rock description | Brunswick |
| (1) | -74.61515, 40.61472 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1754 |
| Year of first production | 1776 |
| Year of last production | 1909 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Alpha Copper Co. |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 396.24M |
| Overall depth | 182.88M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044251 |
WOODWARD, H.P., 1944, COPPER MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, NEW JERSEY, BULL. 57
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-1985 | Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.) | New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography |
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