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Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA
This is the consolidated property (circa 1898) on the Franklin orebody, formerly owned by the New Jersey Zinc Co. The co-ordinates are for a central portion of the mine complex. Individual named pits and shafts are nearby. It incorporated all earlier workings. This mine was served initially by the Parker shaft, which soon proved inadequate to handle the mine's output. The Palmer shaft subsequently replaced it with a larger mill and served the mine until its closure in the mid 1950's. This mine reached a depth of 1,150 feet.This locality is within the Franklin Mining District. The complete list of mineral species occurring within this district, as well as the official boundaries of the district, can be found under the locality file for "Franklin Mining District." Those who share an interest in the unique mineralogy of the Franklin, NJ, area owe a special debt of thanks to mineralogists, past and present, Samuel L. Penfield, Yale University, Charles Palache, Harvard University; Clifford Frondel, Harvard University, Paulus (Paul) Brian Moore (University of Chicago, retired), Peter Leavens, University of Delaware, retired, Pete J. Dunn, (National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, retired), Charles B. Sclar, Lehigh University, and John L. Baum, Curator Emeritus, Franklin Mineral Museum, and former Head Geologist, New Jersey, Zinc Co., Franklin, NJ, for their significant contributions to the body of knowledge of the history, geology and mineralogy of this district.Mineral List
Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities292 entries listed. 210 valid minerals. 48 type localities (valid minerals).
Localities in this Region
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References
Key bibliographical publications for the Franklin District include, but are not limited to:
Bayley, W.S. (1910): Iron mines and mining in New Jersey, Geological Survey of New Jersey, Volume VII of the Final Report Series of the State Geologist, Trenton, NJ 512pp. and 2 maps (out of print) [cited as: Bayley, W.S.(1910): XX]
Palache, C. (1935): The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 180, 135pp., with map (reprinted in 1937, 1961 and 1974) (out of print) [cited as: Palache, C. (1935): XX]
Proceedings Volume: Lehigh University Department of Geological Scienes and the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society Symposium on Character and Origin of the Franklin-Sterling Hill orebodies (1990), Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 118pp. (out of print)
Dunn, P.J. (1995): Franklin and Sterling Hill New Jersey: the world's most magnificent mineral deposits, 5 parts + 2 supplements, 978 pp. (in print) [cited as: Dunn, P.J.:Pt X:XX]
The Picking Table, Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society (F.O.M.S.), volumes 1 through 51 (in print).
Cianciulli, J. (2004): Grunerite now added to the Franklin-Sterling Hill mineral list, Mineral News: 20(10): 1-3.
Nikischer, T. and Orosz, J. (2007): Lunar Mineral Found at Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey. Mineral News: 23(8): 1, 2, 9, 14.
NOTE: A comprehensive bibliography of the publications relevent to the Franklin District is found in Dunn,P.J.(1995): Part 1.
Bayley, W.S. (1910): Iron mines and mining in New Jersey, Geological Survey of New Jersey, Volume VII of the Final Report Series of the State Geologist, Trenton, NJ 512pp. and 2 maps (out of print) [cited as: Bayley, W.S.(1910): XX]
Palache, C. (1935): The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 180, 135pp., with map (reprinted in 1937, 1961 and 1974) (out of print) [cited as: Palache, C. (1935): XX]
Proceedings Volume: Lehigh University Department of Geological Scienes and the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society Symposium on Character and Origin of the Franklin-Sterling Hill orebodies (1990), Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 118pp. (out of print)
Dunn, P.J. (1995): Franklin and Sterling Hill New Jersey: the world's most magnificent mineral deposits, 5 parts + 2 supplements, 978 pp. (in print) [cited as: Dunn, P.J.:Pt X:XX]
The Picking Table, Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society (F.O.M.S.), volumes 1 through 51 (in print).
Cianciulli, J. (2004): Grunerite now added to the Franklin-Sterling Hill mineral list, Mineral News: 20(10): 1-3.
Nikischer, T. and Orosz, J. (2007): Lunar Mineral Found at Franklin, Sussex Co., New Jersey. Mineral News: 23(8): 1, 2, 9, 14.
NOTE: A comprehensive bibliography of the publications relevent to the Franklin District is found in Dunn,P.J.(1995): Part 1.
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