Mule Mine, Ringwood, Passaic Co., New Jersey, USAi
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Mule Mine | Mine |
Ringwood | Borough |
Passaic Co. | County |
New Jersey | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 6' North , 74° 15' West
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Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
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Ringwood | 12,448 (2017) | 1.5km |
Hillburn | 982 (2017) | 7.3km |
Sloatsburg | 3,135 (2017) | 7.7km |
Wanaque | 11,848 (2017) | 7.8km |
Suffern | 11,001 (2017) | 8.6km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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North Jersey Mineralogical Society, Inc. | Paterson, New Jersey | 21km |
Morris Museum Mineralogical Society | Morristown, New Jersey | 39km |
Orange County Mineral Society | Middletown, New York | 41km |
New York Mineralogical Club | New York, New York | 43km |
New Jersey Mineralogical Society, Inc | Mountainside, New Jersey | 48km |
A former Fe mine in magnetite ore located about 1 mile WSW of Ringwood proper. Started 1835 and closed 1840. Orebody was 60 feet long by 14 to 20 feet wide. Workings were a pit 300 feet long by 70 feet deep. One of the Ringwood group of mines.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
β 'Apatite' Formula: Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) Colour: Yellowish-white. Reference: NJ State Geol. Ann. Rpt. (1856):184. |
β Epidote Formula: (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) Reference: NJ State Geol. Ann. Rpt. (1856):184. |
β 'Feldspar Group' Colour: White. Reference: NJ State Geol. Ann. Rpt. (1856):184. |
β Ferro-hornblende Formula: ◻Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 Colour: Black. Reference: NJ State Geol. Ann. Rpt. (1856):184. |
β Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 Reference: The Iron Mines of NJ (1910), Bayley:479; NJ State Geol. Ann. Rpt. (1856):184. |
β 'Mica Group' Reference: NJ State Geol. Ann. Rpt. (1856):184. |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
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β | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
Group 9 - Silicates | |||
β | Epidote | 9.BG.05a | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
β | Ferro-hornblende | 9.DE.10 | β»Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 |
Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
β | 'Apatite' | - | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
β | 'Feldspar Group' | - | |
β | 'Mica Group' | - |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
H | β Ferro-hornblende | ◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 |
H | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
O | Oxygen | |
O | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
O | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
O | β Ferro-hornblende | ◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 |
O | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
F | Fluorine | |
F | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Al | Aluminium | |
Al | β Ferro-hornblende | ◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 |
Al | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | β Ferro-hornblende | ◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 |
Si | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
P | Phosphorus | |
P | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Cl | Chlorine | |
Cl | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | β Apatite | Ca5(PO4)3(Cl/F/OH) |
Ca | β Ferro-hornblende | ◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 |
Ca | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | β Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
Fe | β Ferro-hornblende | ◻Ca2(Fe42+Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2 |
Fe | β Epidote | (CaCa)(AlAlFe3+)O[Si2O7][SiO4](OH) |
References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Bayley, William Shirley (1910), The Iron Mines of New Jersey, MacCrellish & Quigley, state printers, 1910: 473, 479.
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