New Brunswick Mines

Past Producer in Middlesex county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Copper
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081866
MRDS ID W044256
Record type Site
Current site name New Brunswick Mines
Alternate or previous names French Mine, Raritan Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.45737, 40.51222 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plainfield(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Middlesex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chrysocolla Ore
Copper Ore
Cuprite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Brunswick
    Rock description Brunswick
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Triassic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.45737, 40.51222

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1750
Discoverer Philip French
Year of first production 1751
Year of last production 1868

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rutgers University (Check?)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOODWARD, H.P., COPPER MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BULL. 57

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1985 Master, Julian A. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.