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Pahaquarry Mine

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Copper
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  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. Geologic structures
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082476
MRDS ID W055222
Record type Site
Current site name Pahaquarry Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.03182, 41.03139 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position Within 1000 Ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bushkill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Mongaup-Brodhead(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)

National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Warren

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone
    Rock unit name High Falls
    Rock description High Falls
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.03182, 41.03139
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Bedding Planes & Joints Along Which Copper Is Also Disseminated

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1650
Discoverer Dutch Settlers
Year of last production 1906

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pahaquarry Copper Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Washington Council, Boy Scouts Of America (Check?)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 73.15M

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY OLDEST COPPER MINE IN NEW JERSEY AND POSSIBLY THE UNITED STATES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WOODWARD, H.P., 1944, COPPER MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT, STATE OF NEW JERSEY, BULL. 57

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: MID 1600'S

Reporter information

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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