| Deposit ID | 10174656 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0340350010 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Somerville Copper Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Bridgewater Mine, American Mine |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.61539, 40.6069 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 219 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Somerset(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bound Brook(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Somerset |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chalcocite | Unknown |
| Chrysocolla | Unknown |
| Copper | Unknown |
| Cuprite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -74.61539, 40.6069 |
|---|
| Strike | N40W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 11E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 0.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 12875M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 396M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 10HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1775 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0340350010 |
U.S.B.M. FILES EASTERN FIELD OPERATIONS CENTER. NEW JERSEY -
ET COUNTY. SOMERVILLE COPPER MINE.
U.S.B.M. WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM. "SOMERVILLE COPPER MINE".
L FILE NO. E-374. AUGUST 1943. 10 PP.
WEED W.H. COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES. U.S.G.S
455. 1911. PP 45-54.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REC 020 COL 18-73 / OWNER AS OF AUGUST 1943 WAS F. SMITH OF ROCK N.J. REC 030 / UTM LOCATION WAS NOT CERTAIN DUE TO CHANGES MADE T AND TOWNS SINCE THE DIRECTION TO THE SITE WAS WRITTEN (1943 REC 060 ROCK TYPES / THERE IS SOME DISAGREEMENT AS TO THE TY OCK THE COPPER IS IN. WEED CALLS IT A TUFF AND THE W.M.M. SA THE UPPER PORTION OF THE NEWARK SHALE ALTERED BY THE LAVA FL REC 060 DENSITY / THIS IS AN AVG FIGURE FOR A SHALE. REC 080 STRIKE OF MIN ZONE / TAKEN FROM TOPO MAP FOLLOWIG RI RE ORE CROPS OUT. REC 080 WIDTH OF MIN ZONE / ACTUAL WIDTH UNKNOWN - THIS DIME S THE FARTHEST THAT ANY WORKINGS EXTEND INTO THE DEPOSIT (RE G 45). |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-1984 | Potts, R.R. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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