CANADIAN AND WORLD MINERAL DEPOSIT DATABASES
Geological Survey of Canada


Deposit number Country Location Names Commodities
3 United States (New Jersey) 40.48 N -- 074.10 W Glen Ridge 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): Glen Ridge
Political location(s): United States; Province or state: New Jersey
Deposit clan (type): sediment-hosted copper
Deposit (sub) types: continental redbed; largely replacing bituminous plant remains in ss
Commodities: Cu
Geological ages: Triassic (host rocks)
Tectonic setting: continental rift-graben; divergent (host rocks)
Host rocks: (1) sedimentary; sandstone
Individual lithologies:sandstone (grey)
Qualified comments: (Applies to: miscellaneous comments) largely replacing bituminous plant remains in ss; worked in the 1700s/ in 1880s-several hundred tons were mined
References:
Lewis, J. V., 1907
Copper Deposits of the New Jersey Triassic
Economic Geology, Volume 2, p. 242 - 257

Ryberg, P. T., 1988
Comparision of Sedimentary Petrologic Sequences Produced in the Mesozoic Extensional and Convergent Tectonic Settings in North America
in Basement Tectonics 8: Characterization and Comparison of Ancient and Mesozoic Continental Margins, Edited by Bartholomew, M. J.; Hyndman, D. W.; Mogk, D. W.; Mason, R., International Conference on Basement Tectonics, Kluwer Acedemic Publishers Inc, 745 p, p. 527 - 533

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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