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Chalcocite from
Summit, Union County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:City
Classification
Species:Chalcocite
Formula:Cu2S
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Chalcocite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Summit, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:80211
Long-form Identifier:1:3:80211:6
GUID (UUID V4):bf89ba32-0db7-47d2-abf0-e191a0ba08f4
Nearest other occurrences of Chalcocite
3.1km (1.9 miles) Houdaille Quarry (Summit Quarry; Commonwealth Quarry), Springfield, Springfield Township, Union County, New Jersey, USA
6.4km (4.0 miles) Feltville Copper mine, Glenside Park (Feltville), Watchung Reservation, Union County, New Jersey, USA
12.5km (7.7 miles) Dod Mine, East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
13.7km (8.5 miles) Wilson's Quarry (Wilson Stone Co. Quarry), Watchung, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
14.6km (9.1 miles) Glen Ridge Mines, Glen Ridge, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
17.0km (10.6 miles) McDowell's Quarry (Osborne and Marsellis Quarry), Upper Montclair, Montclair, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
17.6km (11.0 miles) Fields' Copper Mine (Field Mine), Warrenville, Warren Township, Somerset County, New Jersey, USA
19.1km (11.9 miles) Avondale, Nutley, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
19.4km (12.1 miles) Schuyler Copper Mine, North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey, USA
19.5km (12.1 miles) Francisco Brothers Quarry, Great Notch, Little Falls Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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 (volume)
chalcedony, jasper and gem petrified wood. BUFFALO COUNTY KEARNEY, area gravel bars and pits along the Platte...townagate, chalcedony, jasper, petrified wood. CASS COUNTY WEEPING WATER, SE, on rd. to Nehawka, in the Snyderville...chalcedony, jasper, fossils. CHERRY COUNTY VALENTINE, in the Sandhills county along the Niobrara R. and Minnechaduza...gem qualityagatized and opalized wood. DAWES COUNTY CHADRON, in N part of Co. and as far W as Crawford...woods, etc. DAWSON COUNTY GOTHENBURG, in sand pitspetrified palm wood. DEUEL COUNTY CHAPPELL, all regional
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
Book (volume)
600 to 800 feet thick in the north. ALEXANDER COUNTY FAYVILLE, area stream gravels⎯agate, jasper, rare...⎯agate, jasper; d RR siding of Clay⎯agate. CALHOUN COUNTY AREA, shores of the Mississippi R., in the Warsaw...crystals). CRAWFORD COUNTY PALESTINE, area deposits⎯Siderite. EDWARDS COUNTY AREA, T. 1 S, R. 10 E...E, regional deposits⎯Siderite. FULTON COUNTY FARMINGTON, W 6 mi. on Rte. 116 to the Rapatee No. 5 strip...mine⎯pyritized gastropods (Pennsylvanian age). GRUNDY COUNTY AREA: c Regional rd. and RR cuts and banks of Mason
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...mmed at Broken Arrow aud Trout creek, in Sc. Clair county. The strata in this field are more faulted und
Report (volume)
.. New Hampshire........................................................... 190 201 New Jersey.................. New Mexico............................................................. New York. .........F. C. Schrader: Besides giving several thousand new localities of mineral deposits and adding more than...especially from those of Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas;... S. Geol. Survey Bull. 126, 1895. Jones, F. A., New Mexico mines and minerals, World's Fair edition,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
New Jersey's well-known Fanwood and Summit quarries expose the same stratigraphic section and yield many...Fanwood & Summit Quarries, New Jersey WARREN CUMMINGS 225 Beechwood Avenue Trenton, New Jersey 08618 T...T H E SUMMIT Q U A R R Y and the adjacent Interstate-78 road cut, located in Springfield Township, Union...Union County, New Jersey, formed a major mineral collecting site prior to 1974 when quarrying began to...Company quarry in the Borough of Watchung, Somerset County—sometimes known as the Scotch Plains quarry, or
Report (issue)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 County Listings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . 4 Mineral Localities Listed by County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Beaver County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Box Elder County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Cache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Book (volume)
beds, excavations, etc.Selenite roses. BRULE COUNTY AREA: in the Oacoma zone of the Pierre Fm. On Elm...gray Barite rosette up to 5 or 6 inches. CAMPBELL COUNTY MOUND CITY, W to the Missouri R., regional hillsides...gravels, etc.petrified wood, wood opal. CORSON COUNTY LITTLE EAGLE:  area ridges, slopes, stream beds...Guide for Rock Hounds in the United States CUSTER COUNTY AREA: The November Mine, 1.2 mi. SE of the Needles...of rd. a few yds., outcropRose Quartz. DOUGLAS COUNTY CORSICA, S on US 281 to Armour, area rd. cuts,
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Mineral Occurrences ITEMS ON NEW FINOS ARE DESIRED PLEASE SEND THEM I N . ^ . Abbreviations: x l — c...from the famous Big Four zinc mine near Heeney, Summit Co., Colo. Some small specimens of this gem quality...material. "From the Big Four zinc mine near Heeney, Summit Co., Colo., by the Green Mountain Reservoir. Some...metagraywacke along the county road half way between Chestnut Gap and Lebanon School, Fannin County, Ga. These crystals...aluminum silicate rocks. This area is in Clearwater County, Idaho, and any visiting rockhounds can get directions
Book (volume)
the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 first printing December...............................................288 New Hampshire ..................................................................................307 New Jersey ...........................................................................................315 New Mexico ........................................................................................329 New York............................................
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Corporation of America No. 4 Mine Balmat, St. Lawrence County, New York I n 1991, the Zinc Corporation of America’s...stratabound Fowler orebody near Balmat in St. Lawrence County, New York, encountered an altered area of unusual...Sylvia Lake in the Town of Fowler, St. Lawrence County, New York. ZCA also operated the adjacent No. 3 mine...in the Town of Pierrepont, all in St. Lawrence County. All four mines exploit stratabound sphalerite...metasediments (fig. 1). History Zinc mining in northern New York began in 1915 when the Northern Ore Company
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Book (volume)
excavations in the underlying black, Upper Devonian (New Albany) shales occasionally produces pieces of silicified...ASHTABULA COUNTY CONNEAUT, area pits, quarries, rd. cuts, etc.⎯cone-in-cone Calcite. CLERMONT COUNTY MILFORD...CLINTON COUNTY WILMINGTON, area of Todd’s Ford, a mineral deposit⎯Hematite. COSHOCTON COUNTY AREA, townships...CUYAHOGA COUNTY CHAGRIN FALLS (on Geauga Co. line), area quarries⎯oilstone. DELAWARE COUNTY DELAWARE...nodules⎯Pyrite (crystals sharply cubic). FRANKLIN COUNTY COLUMBUS, area countywide exposures of blue clay
Report (issue)
NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Bulletin 57 Geologic Series Copper Mines...Mining in New Jersey by HERBERT P. WOODWARD DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT STATE OF NEW JERSEY...Geology and Topography Trenton, N. J. 1944 NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOARD OF CONSERVATION AND............. Mendham (P . O . Gladstone) (3) NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL MR...herewith the manuscript of a new report on the copper ores of New Jersey and the many attempts to mine
Report (volume)
level and oxidation___________________________ Chalcocite zones Persistence in depth Placer deposits ;...__ N. C. 4 mine_______________________________ Jersey Lily mine____________________________ Blue Dick...vein________________________________ 124 Mount Union mine____________________________ 125 Consolidated...Properties near the Gladstone______T__'_________ 132 Union mine ______________~,-._-_.l_^_________ 133 Properties...in Yavapai County. In the adjacent Congress quadrangle, to the west, also in this county, there are a
Report (edition)
of a thin slice of serpentinite from Lancaster County showing olivine (blue-green and red), serpentine...with the demand for accurate information and for new localities, we revised the edition of “Mineral Collecting...cooperation. The third edition contains seven new collecting localities not previously described... Several Any additional that you minerals new to accurate mineral descriplocalities also have...localities, the Grace mine in Berks County, the Stillwell quarry in Lancaster County, and the Medusa Cement Company
Book (volume)
the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 December, 1996 ii...............................................247 New Hampshire ..................................................................................264 New Jersey ...........................................................................................270 New Mexico ........................................................................................280 New York............................................
Book (volume)
the United States Published by Hobbit Press 2435 Union Road St. Louis, Missouri 63125 December, 1996 ii...............................................247 New Hampshire ..................................................................................264 New Jersey ...........................................................................................270 New Mexico ........................................................................................280 New York............................................
Report (volume)
Caroliuian type ___ ___________________________ New Jersey type _______________________ Palia quarry type__...15 Maine___________________.__________________ 16 New Hampshire _________________-_____ 16 Gardners Mountain...Corinth mines ________________________________ 32 Union mine______________________________^_ 32 Eureka ...character of ores____________________ Hartford County deposits__________________________ Simsbury (Newgate)...mine_________________________________ New Haven County deposits________________________ New York _______________-__
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
March/April: Millerite on dolomite, Leadwood, St. Francois County, Missouri. Glenn Williams specimen, Terry Huizing...on quartz, Himalaya mine, Mesa Grande, San Diego County, California. Wayne Sorensen specimen, Jeff Scovil...July/August: Barite, Black Cloud mine, Leadville, Lake County, Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Jeff Scovil photo...NovembedDecember: Hematite, Montreal mine, Iron County, Wisconsin. F. John Barlow specimen, M. Hjerstedt...quartz, 54-56 Altaite, Missouri, 96 Analcime, New Jersey, 324; Washington, 273 Anglesite, Bolivia, 414
Report (issue)
sulfur mines in the United States and by opening new mines, by greater recovery of byproduct sulfur (in...pyrites, and all other forms) since 1935 is reviewed. New sulfur mining and recovery projects in the United...Communist countries) are described; these will have new production of about 3,000,000 tons of sulfur by the...of sulfur during 1935-39 and 1950, and estimated new production are given in some detail; this information...(long tons) 1950 production (long tons) Estimated new production (long tons) 2,569,000 5,966,000 1,541
Journal (issue)
.....................................109 What’s New in Minerals? by W. E. W ils o n ...................R. Kampf Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Arthur Roe Tucson, AZ Abraham Rosenzweig University... notesfrom E D I T C R A NEW MAGAZINE! At the Munich Show this year a new mineral magazine made its...that one has the chance to start a collection of a new and promising journal with volume 1, number 1. Magma...the oxidized zone. Other minerals observed were chalcocite, covellite, bornite (rare) and chalcopyrite with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
across, on blue thomsonite. Lucky Peak Dam, Ada County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Figure 3 (below)...cut near Pinehurst, Adams County; Lanny Ream specimen and photo. Ada County Lucky Peak Dam, on east side...CHABAZITE, LEVYNE, PHILLIPSITE, and THOMSONITE. Adams County Alaska mine, Seven Devils district: azurite, grossular...scheelite. Little Goose Creek Canyon, 5 miles east of New Meadows, placer deposits: chromite, CORUNDUM, diamond...district: chalcanthite and sulfur. Rock Flat, east of New Meadows along Brundage Mountain Road: corundum, quartz
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Camp Bird mine, level 2, Sneffels district, Ouray County. Raines-Pettem collection, photographer unknown...with another 50 million pounds mined in San Juan County (Henderson 1926). During the twentieth century...are limited to the Red Mountain district in Ouray County. Figure 2. Colorado mineral belt (COMB) with copper...deposits are located outside the COMB mainly in Baca County, in the southeastern part of the state. Precambrian...mounting) from the Cripple Creek district, Teller County. Stone is 4 cm tall. Raines specimen 3266. Ed
 
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