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Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA

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This is the consolidated property (circa 1898) on the Franklin orebody, formerly owned by the New Jersey Zinc Co. 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 the late Professor Charles Palache, Harvard University; Dr. Pete J. Dunn, Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; 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.




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]
- 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]
- 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)
- The Picking Table, Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society (F.O.M.S.), volumes 1 through 42 (in print)

NOTE: A comprehensive bibliography of the publications relevent to the Franklin District is found in Dunn,P.J.(1995): Part 1.


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.





Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
Adelite
Aegirine
Albite
Allactite
Alleghanyite
Almandine
Andradite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Anorthoclase
Antlerite
Apophyllite-(KF)
Apophyllite-(KOH)
Aragonite
Atacamite
Augite
Aurichalcite
Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
Bakerite
Bannisterite (TL)
Barylite
Barysilite
Baryte
Bornite
Bultfonteinite
Bustamite (TL)
Cahnite (TL)
Calcite
Carrollite
Caryopilite
Celsian
'Chabazite'
Chalcocite
Chalcophanite
Chalcopyrite
Charlesite (TL)
Chrysocolla
Cianciulliite (TL)
Clinochlore
Clinochrysotile
Clinohedrite (TL)
Copper
Cuprite
Cuprostibite
Cuspidine
Datolite
Djurleite
Dolomite
Domeykite
Epidote
Epidote-(Pb) (TL)
Erythrite
Esperite (TL)
Feitknechtite (TL)
Ferro-Actinolite
Franklinfurnaceite (TL)
Franklinite (TL)
Friedelite
Gageite (TL)
Gahnite
Galena
Ganomalite
Ganophyllite
Genthelvite
Glaucochroite (TL)
Goethite
Groutite
Grunerite
Gypsum
Hardystonite (TL)
Hastingsite
Hausmannite
Hedenbergite
Hedyphane
Hellandite-(Y)
Hematite
Hemimorphite
Hendricksite (TL)
Hetaerolite
Hodgkinsonite (TL)
'Hornblende'
Hübnerite
Humite
Hyalophane
Hydrotalcite
Jacobsite
Jerrygibbsite (TL)
Johannsenite (TL)
Johnbaumite (TL)
Junitoite
Kentrolite
Kolicite
Larsenite (TL)
Lead
Lennilenapeite (TL)
Leucophoenicite (TL)
Löllingite
Loseyite (TL)
Magnesiochlorophoenicite (TL)
Magnesioriebeckite
Magnetite
Manganberzeliite
Manganhumite
Manganite
Manganocummingtonite
Manganosite
Margarosanite (TL)
Marsturite (TL)
Meionite
Mimetite
Minehillite (TL)
Muscovite
var: Barian Muscovite

Nasonite (TL)
Natrolite
Neotocite
Orthoclase
Pectolite
Pennantite
Powellite
Prehnite
Pumpellyite-(Mg)
Pyrite
Pyrobelonite
Pyrochroite
Pyroxferroite
Pyroxmangite
Quartz
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Richterite
Roeblingite (TL)
Roméite
Rosasite
Roweite (TL)
Samfowlerite (TL)
Sarkinite
Schallerite (TL)
Scheelite
Sclarite (TL)
Sepiolite
Siderite
Silver
Smithsonite
Sonolite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Strontianite
Sussexite (TL)
Talc
Tennantite
Tephroite
Thomsonite-Ca
Todorokite
Tremolite
Turneaureite (TL)
Vesuvianite
var: Cyprine
Wawayandaite (TL)
Willemite
Wollastonite
Xonotlite
Zincite (TL)


165 entries listed. 159 valid minerals. 37 type localities (valid minerals).

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