| Deposit ID | 10081869 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W044262 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hopewell Barite Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.78654, 40.37195 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
| Relative position | Within A Radius Of 200 Ft. |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Mercer |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Barium-Barite Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Barite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase | ||||||||
| Rock unit name | Rocky Hill | ||||||||
| Rock description | Rocky Hill | ||||||||
| |||||||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite > Diabase |
| Rock unit name | Brunswick |
| Rock description | Brunswick |
| (1) | -74.78654, 40.37195 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1868 |
| Year of last production | 1896 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044262 |
COOK, G.H., 1868, GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY: NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, P. 225
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JAN-85 | Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.) | New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography |
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