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Pyrite from
Copperas Mine, Copperas Mountain, Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Pyrite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Pyrite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Copperas Mine, Copperas Mountain, Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:71729
Long-form Identifier:1:3:71729:8
GUID (UUID V4):32cfc079-ec8f-452b-9891-6c48a8f297a0
Nearest other occurrences of Pyrite
0.0km (0.0 miles) Green Pond Mines, Copperas Mountain, Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
0.0km (0.0 miles) Wild Cat Mine (Kitchell Mine), Copperas Mountain, Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
1.4km (0.9 miles) Pardee Mine, Green Pond, Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
2.3km (1.4 miles) Charlotteburg Mine, Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
6.9km (4.3 miles) Rockaway Valley Mines (De Camp Mines), Boonton Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
9.0km (5.6 miles) Clinton Furnace tract, West Milford Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) Budd and Hunt Tract explorations, West Milford Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
10.2km (6.3 miles) Denmark Mine, Picatinny Arsenal, Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
10.4km (6.4 miles) Riverdale Plaza, Riverdale, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
10.6km (6.6 miles) Mount Hope Mines (Mt Hope Mines), Mount Hope, Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey, USA
References
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Book (volume)
GEOLOGICAL SURVET OF NEW' JERSEY HENRY 8. %CMM@L,SUt. Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey BY Val. VIId the...7nWeq %em& -- Pm Wfe ]pro NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CONTENTS....history of iron-ore mining in New Jersey. .... Outline of the geology of New Jersey. ............. General character...individual mines. ................... T h e Gulick mine. ............................ I 19 23 25-32 25...mines. .............. Roseberry mine. .......................... Shiloh mine ...........................
Report (issue)
Magnetite Deposits of Dover District, Morris County New Jersey By PAUL K. SIMS With a description of...of THE GEOLOGIC SECTION AT HIBERNIA MINE By A. F. BUDDINGTON GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 287...287 Prepared in cooperation with the New Jersey Bureau of Mineral Research, Rutgers University UNITED...59 Magnetite Hematite 59 Martite 60 Ilmenite_ 60 Pyrite 60 60 Pyrrhotite___. Chalcopyrite 61 61 'Unknown...____ Cogill mine (3) _. Prospect (4)_____. Denmark mine (5) Prospect (6) Prospect (7) Bush mine (8)____.
Book (edition)
channels of trade, transportation and consumption, new utilizations, and recent discoveries, have, to a...most part, have been progressive. In addition to new finds of valuable deposits, many of the occurrences...has therefore seemed advisable to pre sent such new information as may bring the whole subject more nearly...gas fields occur in almost every State except in New England and a few Southern States, but the discoveries...by Prof. John G. Smock, and that for the Eocky Mountain region by Mr. C. Whitman Cross. To these gentlemen
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
VANDALL T. K I N G P.O. Box 90888 Rochester, New York 14609 NEW YORK £ J A N E T W. C A R E S 18 Singletary...map; adapted from U.S. Geological Survey map of New Hampshire and Vermont (1972). 324 ROCKS & MINERALS...small particles is widely distributed over northern New England in glacial gravels, and many swiftly moving...composed of pyrrhotite, were once converted into copperas (iron sul­ fate) as a disinfectant in soap, as...1910). At one time, jasper was mined at the Parrot mine (Chittenden Co.) on a small scale for use in colorful
Book
OF NEW JEt{SEY. BY AUTll0RITY PUBLISHED 0l? THE LEGISLATURE. BY THE BOKRD OF 3IANAGERS. NEW JERSEY...C0NORZSSIONALI)IS'_IIICT. WORTENDY_, sT_,vr. (*_0LOt_t_T. NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ] • o .,s E_CELL_CY THE...THE CQVELIh'OR _OF TIIE STATII OF HON. NEW MARCUS L. WARD, JE_S_T 1 A,%'D__X OIeF/C]O_ pY/2_t]DENT...herewith to submit the Final Report on the GEOLOOYOF NEW JERSEY, as required by the 1,_wpassed March 30, 1864...SUI_V_Y_ COLLEGE. Y. J;, D_c. _9, 1868. NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIST. PIREFA @E. era*
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Virginia 20192, USA U.S. Geological Survey, 973 Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225, USA c Dartmouth...Dartmouth College, Dartmouth, New Hampshire, USA Accepted 1 June 2004 Abstract Weathering of metal-sulfide...eastern United States. The salts, which are present on mine wastes, tailings piles, and outcrops, include minerals...sites). Geochemical modeling of surface waters, mine-waste leachates, and salt leachates using PHREEQC...minerals; Mineralogy; Acid rock drainage; Eastern USA 1. Introduction Secondary sulfate minerals play
Report (issue)
in the Glens Falls 1° x 2° quadrangle, New York, Vermont, and New Hampshire by J.F. Slack-i/, G.R. Robinson...1986. The Glens Falls 1° x 2° quadrangle (New York-Vermont-New Hampshire) is one of a number of l:250,000-scale...are available for most of the stops in Vermont and New Hampshire, which are published (commonly at 15-Minute...bulletins of the Vermont Geological Survey, and, in New Hampshire, with papers in older (1940s-1950s) bulletins...stops in the eastern cover sequence of the Green Mountain massif and a few of the stops in the shelf sequence
Journal (issue)
same for distribution; to encourage the search for new minerals that have not yet been discovered ; and...membership? A list of affiliated clubs will be found Each new member helps to extend the among the back pages of...·····················-··············-··· IRON IN NEW JERSEY. By Chas. F. Diegnan ···············-·················.................................. GIRL INJURED AT MINE HILL, CONN........................................quarry in Vermont, and many a trip was made to the Pyrite vein he found high up in the hills near the bed
Report (issue)
Orange County, VT 50 Kilometers Characterization of Mine Waste at the Elizabeth Copper Mine, Orange...Orange County, Vermont by Jane M. Hammarstrom 1 , Alien L. Meier2, John C. Jackson 1 , Ryan Barden 1 , Peggie...DEPOSITS ........................ 2 THE ELIZABETH MINE ............................................................................................... 3 Mine history and previous studies .................................................................. Copperas Brook .......................................
Journal (issue)
and emerges clutching his Pyrite, fossil twigs and the Whitstable Copperas Industry treatise - and invites...blasting,at Giant's Hole and also at the PleasantValley Mine, near Peak Forest. By the late 1960s George t1ada...Canada,France.Germany, Italy, Switzerland and the USA and attending the Sainte-Marie-aux-Minesand Paris...CavingClub which operated under the name of 'Lead Mine Consultants', the other membersbeingAlan Doyle,...tt 250-year-old wooden wagor1 at the Ash Nursery Mine on Longstone Moor, a worlcingfirst opened up by
Report (issue)
Counties in southwestern New Mexico, about 40 miles north of Silver City via New Mexico State Highway 15...was first mapped in reconnaissance for the 1963 New Mexico State geologic map and later as part of the...thesis projects by students at the University of New Mexico (Rhodes, 1970; Krier, 1980; Seaman, 1988)...HO VOLCANIC ROCKS OF THE VOLCANIC COMPLEX OF COPPERAS CREEK SA Tba Tba Qa T RI GS T ? Tad Tba...andesitic to basaltic lava flows of the Bearwallow Mountain Andesite (Tba), and volcaniclastic sedimentary
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
R&M, a new locality for selenite in Arkansas was mentioned (p. 477) as occurring along Copperas Creek...mile west of the community of Levesque in Cross County. The locality may also be given as 6 miles east...reads: "I am sending you a photo of the bluff on Copperas Creek where selenite and jarosite occur. The bluff...almost near the top, is a small The bluff on Copperas Creek, Ark. Selenite and jarosite occur here....sent in by Sgt. Brown. Wynne, in southern Cross County is in eastern Arkansas. CALIFORNIA—"Thought you
Journal (issue)
Prince William County at the Cedar Run mine about 200 yards from the Fauquier County line. The barite...zone in red shale-sandstone of Triassic age. The mine was last operated in 1903, when 1500 tons of ore...available XX Not applicable Production as measured by mine shipments, sales, or marketable production (including...The Hewitt mine, located south of Lynchburg and southeast of Evington in Campbell County, was worked...was closed because of groundwater flooding. The mine had a maximum depth of 160 feet. Barite was mined
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
having been updated and combined with data from new sites. 306 ROCKS & MINERALS OCCURRENCES Concretions...Portage County. Figure 1 (left). Rosanna Carlson sitting in dolostone septarium, Copperas Mountain near...near Spargursville, Ross County. Ernest Carlson photo. Figure 3. Map showing mineral localities. A concretion...lesser amounts of calcite, quartz, illite, and pyrite; siderite is absent. The bodies of many smaller...concretions are sur­ rounded by a shell of fine-grained pyrite. The large concretions are septaria. Dolomite,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
OH Mineral Abbreviations: Occuwiencel Items en new finds are desired. Please send them in. xl—crystal...couple of months ago when a new pocket was broken into in the Mammoth Mine, Tiger, (Pinal Company), Arizona...locality in the State is Russell Gulch in Gilpen County. A small but very fine crystal group from Russell... June 26-29, 1952. CONNECTICUT — The old copper mine near Bristol, Hartford Co., Conn., used to produce...DELAWARE—Serpentine occurs about 6 miles northwest of Wilmington, New Castle Co., Del. FLORIDA — The following letter,
Report (edition)
(formerly Stoneco, Inc.}, near Junction, Pau lding County, Ohio. Specimen is 3.8 x 2.4 cm with the largest...Huron River, resulting in the discovery of two County, Ohio, August 2006. John Medici photo. minerals...More than 4,000 d istinct minerals are known and new varieties are recognized each year. Geologists, chen1ists...that w ill aid understanding for readers who are new to the science of n1ineralogy, and (3) where a word...ineralogical and Lap idary Society of Michigan Stark County Gem & M ineral Club Summit Petroleum, Inc. $1-$100
Report (issue)
........................................... 44 Pyrite .................................................epsomite, fluorite, marcasite, melanterite, millerite, pyrite, pyrrhotite, smythite, sphalerite, strontianite...presented at this time. Additional minerals and new localities and modes of occurrence will undoubtedly...collection of geodes from Big Walnut Creek, Putnam County; and many quarry operators for granting us permission...Indians knew of and used Wyandotte Cave in Crawford County (4).2 Ball (1941, p. 39) summarized the various
Journal (issue)
......... 34 CARL ANDERSON AND HIS LAPIS LAZULI MINE TN COL· ORADO. By Otis Dozier .............................. 38 CONE-IN-CONE FORMATION ON COPPERAS MOUNTAIN, OHIO. By IF/ alter F. Eisele .......................................................... 39 NEW GUINEA GOLD FI ELDS RECAPTURED FROM JAPS ..........a morth late in arriving. A Mineral Exhibit in New Hampshire A fine seleetion of choice minerals and...Whole No. 151 CARL ANDERSON AND HIS LAPIS LAZULI MINE IN COLORADO By OTIS DOZIER Colorado Springs, Colo
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINDS ARE DESIRED $ . . . PLEASE SEND THEM I N . Abbreviation*: xl-...separate cover a mineral specimen from the Anderson Mine, near Wickenburg, Ariz. Could you please tell me...brown limonite. Wickenburg is in N / W Maricopa County in western Arizona. xline—crystalline tain a...road cut recently made near the old "Dallas Gem Mine" that produced the fine benitoite and neptunite...resist sending you one, as it belongs with your new finds, certainly (World News on Mineral Occurrences)
Report (volume)
WILDERNESS, NEW MEXICO Gila Wilderness looking northeast from Leopold Vista, Catron County, N. Sheridan...Sheridan Mountain, (6) Big Dry Creek, (7) Black (11) Little Dry Creek, (12) Haystack Mountain, (13) Shelley...caldera, which passes through Nabours Mountain, Sheridan Mountain are on the resurgent dome of the caldera...(1) Nabours Mountain, (2) Wilcox Peak, (3) Holt Mountain, (4) Mountain, (8) Crown Mountain, (9) West Baldy...Sacaton Mountain, Seventyfour Mountain. Most of view is of the ring dike zone of the Mountain, and Haystack
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Some Mineral Localities In Central Dickinson County, Michigan BY W A L D E N P. PRATT 2 1 Publication...erosion, and the the central part of Dickinson County, in resulting peneplain was covered with the upper...in the feet. area. Since then, several minerals new to The geologic structure of the area may, these...general, be described as a group of Archie of Iron Mountain, an enthusias- eastward-trending troughs of Huronian...is as follows: During early Pro- ern Dickinson County has been a major terozoic time (about one and a
Report (issue)
D., University of Illinois President Delyte W. Morris, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University GEOLOGICAL...system 37 Gunter formation Oneota formation 37 New Richmond 37 37 formation Shakopee formation ...48. mine west of St. David 100 Type section of Brereton cyclothem along Middle Branch of Copperas Creek...Creek 109 Cuba sandstone along Middle Branch of Copperas Creek 109 Herrin (No. 6) coal and clay partings...Distribution of "white-top" on Herrin (No. 6) coal in strip mine .111 Sparland (No. 7) coal and associated beds along
Report (issue)
SURVEY Gold in stream sediments from the Orange County copper district, east-central Vermont by John...endorsement by the U.S.G.S. 1984 INTRODUCTION New England is one of the few parts of the Appalachians...Appalachians (e.g., Pardee and Park, 1948), are rare in New England. In Vermont, the only significant bedrock...Bridgewater-Plymouth area, along the eastern margin of the Green Mountain anticlinorium (Hitchcock and others, 1861, v....geochemistry of stream sediments in the Orange County copper district. Future reports on this subject
Report (volume)
Prof. H. E. Gregory, Sheffield Scientific School, New Haven. Delaware.........Prof. B. L. Miller, Lehigh...Tangier Smith, Berkeley, Cal. New Jersey...... .Dr. H. B. Kummel, Trenton. New York.........Mr. D. H. Newland...See Bauxite and Hallpysite. Asbestos. Tallapoosa County, with corundum deposits near Dudleyville; not found...commercial quantity or quality. Asphalt. Colbert County, small quantity has been shipped from near Leighton;...following localities: Bibb County, Pratts Ferry; Calhoun County, near Tampa; Clay County, T. 20, Pv. 7 E.; Jefferson
Book (edition)
'^ / %^ THinB EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED. NEW YORK: JOHN WILEY 53 & SONS, East Tenth Street...Mineralogy Fifth edition. New York, 1875. Dana's first, second, and third Supplements. New York. American Journal...Mineralogy. London, 1861. Plattner's Blowpipe Analysis. New York, 1873. Cleaveland's Mineralogv. Second edition...minerals have been given according to the modern new system, as that seems mostly to accord with the...Thomas Egleston. School of Mines, Columbia College, New York, April 1, PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
 
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