Hopewell Barite Mine

Past Producer in Mercer county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Barium-Barite
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081869
MRDS ID W044262
Record type Site
Current site name Hopewell Barite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.78654, 40.37195 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Within A Radius Of 200 Ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mercer(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pennington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trenton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Mercer

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • USED IN PAINTS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Rocky Hill
    Rock description Rocky Hill
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase
    Rock unit name Brunswick
    Rock description Brunswick

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.78654, 40.37195

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN THIS AREA, THE BRUNSWICK IS BAKED TO A GREY HORNFELS BY INTRUSION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1896

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COOK, G.H., 1868, GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY: NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, P. 225

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-85 Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

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