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Griggstown Copper Mine

Past Producer in Somerset 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126495
MAS/MILS ID 0340350011
Record type Site
Current site name Griggstown Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.61019, 40.43141 (WGS84)
Elevation 61
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Somerset(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monmouth Junction(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 Somerset

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Bornite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Copper Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Malachite Unknown
Tenorite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.61019, 40.43141
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 10E
    Thickness 0.2M
    Area 10HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SHEAR ZONE
    Shape of Orebody #1 PIPELIKE
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #3 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OXIDATION
    Primary Ore Control FRACTURING
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. INTENSE
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip :10E
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 820312

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1753
Year of first production 1755

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Philip J. Bergman
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1977

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WEED W.H. COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACIAN STATES. U.S.G.S.

  • Deposit

    55 PP 42-44. 1911

  • Deposit

    WEED W.H. THE GRIGGSTOWN N.J COPPER DEPOSIT. U.S.G.S. BULL 2

  • Deposit

    ONTRIBUTIONS TO ECONOMIC GEOLOGY 1903.

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUREAU OF MINES WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM. "GRIGGSTOWN COP

  • Deposit

    E SOMERSET COUNTY N.J." EASTERN REGIONAL FILE E-359. JUNE 19

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REC 020 OWNER / THIS IS 1943 INFORMATION. REC 040 MAP NAME/ MONMOUTH JUNCTION NEW JERSEY. REC 050 YEARS OF PRODUCTION / PRODUCTION HAS BEEN VERY IRREG NCE 1755. SEVEN ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DEVELOP THIS DEPO EACH HAS BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. REC 080 SHAPE OF ORE BODY / ORE IS DESCRIBED AS BEING ELLIPT OOTS. ORE OCCURS ALONG A SLIP PLANE IN THE SHALE.(REC 700 PG REC080 THICKNESS OF ORE ZONE / THICKNESS VARIES FROM 3 TO 12

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Potts, R.R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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