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Fluoborite from
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Fluoborite
Formula:Mg3(BO3)(F,OH)3
Comments:Occurs in secondary veinlets cutting massive ore.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals:
Associates:Fluorite
Hydrozincite
Mooreite
Pyrochroite
Willemite
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
UM1986-10-CO:ClHMgMnZn (also called Mineral F, Dunn, 1995)13 photos of Fluoborite associated with UM1986-10-CO:ClHMgMnZn (also called Mineral F, Dunn, 1995) at this locality.
Mooreite11 photos of Fluoborite associated with Mooreite at this locality.
Pyrochroite11 photos of Fluoborite associated with Pyrochroite at this locality.
Franklinite8 photos of Fluoborite associated with Franklinite at this locality.
Rhodochrosite7 photos of Fluoborite associated with Rhodochrosite at this locality.
Calcite6 photos of Fluoborite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Lawsonbauerite6 photos of Fluoborite associated with Lawsonbauerite at this locality.
Sussexite5 photos of Fluoborite associated with Sussexite at this locality.
Willemite5 photos of Fluoborite associated with Willemite at this locality.
Zincite4 photos of Fluoborite associated with Zincite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Fluoborite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:5201
Long-form Identifier:1:3:5201:6
GUID (UUID V4):e01db796-4f7c-4b89-bf0a-39c1d941a11e
Nearest other occurrences of Fluoborite
0.2km (0.1 miles) Passaic pit (Marshall Mine; Passaic Mine), Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) Franklin Quarry (Braens Quarry; Moses Bigelow Quarry; Farber Quarry), Franklin Marble, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
7.3km (4.5 miles) Lime Crest Quarry, Franklin Marble, Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) Edison-Bodnar Quarries, Rudeville, Hardyston Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
24.5km (15.2 miles) Warwickite type locality, Amity, Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
p JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGIGAL SOCIETY Volume 17 March 1976 Number 1 www.FOMSNJ...Paterson Museum • "Micro Crystals of Franklin, New Jersey". Saturday, May 15th Field Trip • The Trotter...Williams; Present Mine, Manager, New Jersey Zinc Company - "The Sterling Hill Mine Today". Sunday, May...Editor welcomes information on Franklin and Sterling Hill for publication in this journal. Please mail...President with Al Lord as the new 2nd Vice President. Helen Warinsky is the new Secretary. John Kolic has
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 18 September 1977 Number 2 www.FOMSNJ...October 15th Field Trip - The Old Andover Iron Mine (Opposite Aeroflex Field), Limecrest Rd., Andover...Zinc Company Resident Geologist"The Geology of Sterling Hill". DAILY FRANKLIN ATTRACTIONS BUCKWHEAT Mineral...PICKING TABLE, official publication of The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc., is issued twice...Editor welcomes information on Franklin and Sterling Hill for publication in this journal. Please write
Journal (issue)
Notes on the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey By John S. Albanese VOL. I JANUARY 1960...address: John S. Albanese P. 0. Box 221 Union, New Jersey No. 2 FOREWORD This is the second in a series...to the mineralogy and geology of the Franklin, New Jersey mining area. The warm reception that Vol. r....I shall attempt to keep you informed of new findings and new minerals of the area, and will publish,...my appreciation to Mr. William L. Hill, president of the Sussex County Trust Company,of Franklin, N. J
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Wollastonite at the Sterling Hill Fe–Zn–Mn ore body, Ogdensburg, New Jersey A. Dúzs-Moore1; , P....1 2 University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA Newark, DE, USA Received August 18, 2002; revised version...occurs abundantly at the Sterling Hill Fe–Zn–Mn ore deposit, Ogdensburg, New Jersey, one of the few occurrences...generally accepted values of 750  C at 5 kbar at Sterling Hill during metamorphism in the Grenville Orogeny...Wollastonite occurs at the Sterling Hill Fe–Zn–Mn deposit, Ogdensburg, New Jersey (Dunn, 1995), as a constituent
Journal (issue)
Power House, circa 1940 JOURNAL of the FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. FALL.1986 V O L...al 4.0 International License. The FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, Inc. The Officers, Trustees... The PICKING TABLE Journal of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Incorporated TABLE OF...Philip P. Betancourt 2 Early Products of the New Jersey Zinc Company by John L. Baum 11 The President's...Marsturite epitaxial on rhodonite from Franklin, New Jersey by Pete J. Dunn and Peter B. Leavens 16 A highly
Journal (issue)
/ JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY VOLUME 15 FEBRUARY 1§?4 NUMBER 1 www...HOUSE, Main and Junction Streets, Franklin, Hew Jersey. Pre meeting activities start at 1:30 P.M. Speaker...Subject - Fluorescent Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, N.J. Saturday, May 18th Field Trip - Trotter...Minerals with Associations of Franklin and Sterling Hill. ******* Daily Franklin Attractions Buckwheat...NOTES With both pleasure and pride we welcome the new administration for the year 1974 of the F.O.M.S.
Report (issue)
Fluoborite Mg3 (BO3 )(F, OH)3 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Hexagonal...X-ray Powder Pattern: Crestmore quarry, California, USA. 2.424 (s), 4.462 (ms), 2.143 (ms), 2.129 (ms), 7...03 3.40 9.81 Total 100.59 (1) Huerta del Vinagre mine, Spain; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...pyrochroite, zincite, rhodochrosite (Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA). Distribution: From Tallgruvan, east...In the USA, around Edenville and Amity, Orange Co., New York; in New Jersey, from Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGIGAL SOCIETY Volume 19 March 1978 Number One www.FOMSNJ..."Bill" Butkowski - "New Jersey Zeolites" 2:00 P.M. Farber Limestone Quarry, Cork Hill Rd., Franklin, N.J...TABLE , official publication of The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc. is issued twice yearly;...editors welcome information on Franklin and Sterling Hill for publication in this journal. Please write... 08886 Richard C. Bostwick, RD No. 1, Box 497, Sussex, N.J. 07461 Helen Warinsky, 695 Suffern Road, Teaneck
Journal (issue)
D JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 18 March 1977 www.FOMSNJ.org The...21st Field Trip - FARBER Limestone Quarry, Cork Hill Rd., Franklin, N.J. 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon. Lecture...PICKING TABLE, Official publication of The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc., is issued twice...Editor welcomes information on Franklin and Sterling Hill for publication in this journal. Please write...President Richard C. Bostwick, RD #1, Box 497, Sussex, N.J. 07461 Secretary Helen Warinsky, 695 Suffern
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 17 September 1976 Number 2 www.FOMSNJ...18th Field Trip - Cellate (Fowler) Quarry, Cork Hill Road, Franklin, N.J. 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Meeting...October 16th Field Trip — The Old Andover Iron Mine (opposite Aeroflex Field), Limecrest Rd., Andover...Editor welcomes information on Franklin and Sterling Hill and their minerals for publication in this journal...the dates on the calendar and plan to attend. A new slate of officers is scheduled to head the F.O.M
Journal (issue)
Clynes - regarding Current Mining Activities at Sterling Hill. Saturday, April 21st Field Trip - The Buckwheat...Auditing Field Trip F.O.fa.S. Notes We welcome two new officers to our 1973 Executive Board - Bill Welsh...been retitled "The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill - A Check List", while only a small volume,...annual field trips, have visited the Bethlehem Steel mine at Cornwall, Perm. These members should particularly...State. One afternoon I arrived at Cornwall, Lebanon County, where there are extensive iron mines. Going first
Report (issue)
94.91◦ Z=2 X-ray Powder Pattern: Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA. 10.2 (100), 5.16 (50), 1.566 (50)...26.30 17.27 26.39 Total 99.66 (1) Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA; deducting SiO2 , corresponds to (Mg5...stratiform zinc orebody. Association: Mooreite, fluoborite, pyrochroite, sussexite, rhodochrosite, zincite...calcite. Distribution: At Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA. Name: Honors Dr. John...Franklin, New Jersey, USA minerals. Type Material: Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, 113732
Journal (issue)
Notes on the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey By John S. Albanese VOL. I OCTOBER 1960...address: John S. Albanese P. 0. Box 221 Union, New Jersey No. 5 -79Zincite Zincite is commonly massive...zincite from the ore bodies at both Franklin and Sterling Hill was about one per cent of the total ore. Rich...are Zincite is rare except at the Franklin-Sterling Hill zinc deposits. It has been reported from Olkusz...near Paterna, Almeria, Spain; and at the Heazlewood mine, Tasmania. Analyses show that zincite contains from
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Elsewhere? Manuel Robbins Manning Lane Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003 T A K I N G T H E Q U E S T I O N L...originate from the mines at Franklin or Sterling Hill in New Jersey. But if the question is rephrased to...species which fluoresce at Franklin or Ster­ ling Hill can be found in other localities, and will they...qualifications. The mineral assemblage at Franklin and Sterling Hill is looked upon as unique for a number of reasons...these reasons, the mineral deposit at Franklin-Sterling Hill deposit is considered singular, unique. What
Journal (issue)
(CKITNc TABLE JOURNAL of the ERANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGIGAL SOCIETY, Inc. SPRING, 1991 VOLUME 32...al 4.0 International License. The FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY. Inc. The Officers, Trustees...07826 Treasurer John Cianciulli 60 Alpine Road, Sussex, NJ 07461 Assistant Treasurer Steven C. Misiur...* * PUBLICATIONS available from the FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY TITLE PRICE PALACHE, Charles...(1935) The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey. U.S. Geological Survey Professional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Franklin and Sterling Hill RICHARD C . BOSTWICK R.D. 1, Route 31, Box 171A Lebanon, New Jersey 08833 Mineral...tool for locating and identifying Franklin-Sterling Hill minerals and for broadening one's understanding...of this important deposit. In 1968, when the New Jersey legislature proclaimed Franklin "The Fluorescent...prove superfluous. Certainly the FranklinSterling Hill area is the premier mineral locality of North America...years of being continuously studied, Franklin-Sterling Hill remains incompletely understood. Certainly as
Journal (issue)
West 111th Street, New York, NY 10025 TREASURER John Cianciulli 60 Alpine Road, Sussex, NJ 07461 ASSISTANT...the FranklinOgdensburg, New Jersey area is invited to join the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society...John Cianciulli, Treasurer FOMS 60 Alpine Road Sussex, NJ 07461 www.FOMSNJ.org The contents of The Picking...year, in March and September, by the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc. (FOMS), a non-profit...community which pertain to the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey Articles related to the minerals or mines
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochemistry of the Furnace Magnetite Bed, Franklin, New Jersey, and the Relationship between Stratiform Iron...and Stratiform Zinc Oxide-Silicate Ores in the New Jersey Highlands CRAIG A. JOHNSON† U.S. Geological Survey...Geophysics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 Abstract The New Jersey Highlands terrane, which...zinc oxide-silicate deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill and numerous massive magnetite deposits. The...stratiform deposits in the northwest Adirondacks of New York and the Mont Laurier basin of Quebec. In these
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISCOVERED AT FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL, NEW JERSEY f \ fc* As the number of new minerals from this famous...the deposits in the Franklin-Sterling Hill area of northwestern New Jersey (Baum, 1982). Over 30 of the...discovered 214 ROCKS AND MINERALS at Franklin-Sterling Hill to be named for a person. The sec­ ond one was...specimens simultaneously discovered at the Benallt mine, Wales, helped establish the existence of the species...of Franklin, New Jersey, who discovered many new minerals and worked for the New Jersey Zinc Company
Report (issue)
c = 8.202(3) X-ray Powder Pattern: Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA. 5.079 (100), 10.089 (78), 2.379 (78)...90] Total [100.00] [100.00] (1) Sterling Hill, New Jersey, USA; average of two analyses, totalling...torreyite, fluoborite, franklinite, willemite, From Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA... California, USA, American chemist, an early investigator of Franklin and Sterling Hill minerals. Type...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA, 95985. References: (1) Palache, C., H. Berman,
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 20 March 1979 Number One www.FOMSNJ...International License. Spring Program FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. 1979 Regular Society...America, Franklin Plant (former Farber Quarry), Cork Hill Road, Franklin, N.J. — 9:00 a.m. to noon. Micro...the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 146, Franklin, New Jersey 07416, a non-profit...all, it reflected the ideals of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society. Those very important first
Journal (issue)
LEVEL, FRANKLIN MINE NO. 2 • AUTUMN 1984 • VOLUME 25 JOURNAL of the FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL...of The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, Sussex County, New Jersey U.S.G.S. Professional Paper 180...during the highlyproductive years of the Franklin-Sterling mines, and through the efforts of Dr. Palache...several very important suites of FranklinSterling Hill minerals, most notably of which are the Hancock...day will include displays of major Franklin-Sterling Hill mineral exhibits, the presentation of a series
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
discovered at the Lime Crest quarry, Sparta, New Jersey, in 1993. Over the next two years a small number...structure and chemistry of axinitefrom Lime Crest, New Jersey. Dr. John m a r t , an executive editor of Rocks...edge of the Reading Prong Highlands in Sussex County, New Jersey. The Reading Prong is underlain by Proterozoic-age...boron-rich minerals, most commonly uvite and fluoborite, which are highly localized but occur throughout...the Lime Crest quarry, the metasedimentary Cork Hill Gneiss overlies the marble. The contact between
Journal (issue)
07826 TREASURER John Cianciulli 60 Alpine Road, Sussex, NJ 07461 ASSISTANT TREASURER Stephen C. Misiur...mines, or mining history of the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey area is invited to join the FranklinOgdensburg...and send to: Mr. John Cianciulli 60 Alpine Road Sussex, NJ 07461 www.FOMSNJ.org The contents of The Picking...10605 THE PICKIMG TABLE JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIM-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, IMC. VOLUME 33 EDITORIAL... T O ARTICLES The Check-list of Franklin-Sterling Hill Fluorescent Minerals: Discussion and Update
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Apt. 11B New York New York 10025 T he Sterling mine in Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, has long...second behind its close relative, the nearby Franklin mine. The suites of colorfully flu­ orescent calcsilicate...counterpart at Sterling Hill. When the Franklin mine closed in 1954, the Sterling mine continued to be...nity. A l l they anticipated to come out of Sterling Hill was mas­ sive willemite with calcite or an occasional...barite, no svabite—and to make matters worse, Sterling Hill didn't even have a dump! In Franklin in 1954
 
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