CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
4 United States (New Jersey) 41.02 N -- 075.02 W Pahaquarry; High Fall Formation Cu
 
Database name: World Sediment-Hosted Cu Deposits
Compilers: R. V. Kirkham, J. J. Carriere, A. Rafer, and P. Born
Release date: 2015-01-27
   
Deposit name(s): Pahaquarry; High Fall Formation
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: New Jersey
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: undifferentiated; disseminated, and rarely as seams and knots in grey sandstone
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Silurian (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; mudstone-sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone (grey)
shale (red)
Host rock stratigraphy:High Fall Formation
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) dissem & rarely as seams & knots in grey sandstone; mineralized part of section is sandstone sequence 42 feet thick
References:
Kinkle, A. R., 1962
Copper in the United States
Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey, MR-13

Tan, L. P., 1967
Stratiform Copper Mineralization at Pahaquarry, New Jersey, USA
Proceedings of The Geological Society of China, Volume 10, p. 145 - 150

Woodward, H. P., 1944
Copper Mines and Mining in New Jersey
Geologic Series - Bulletin, Department of Conservation and Development, State of New Jersey, Publication code 57


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