Club	Location	Distance
Franklin Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society	Franklin, New Jersey	5km
Orange County Mineral Society	Middletown, New York	34km
Morris Museum Mineralogical Society	Morristown, New Jersey	40km
North Jersey Mineralogical Society, Inc.	Paterson, New Jersey	41km

Mindat Locality ID:

12508

Long-form identifier:

mindat:1:2:12508:3

GUID (UUID V4):

A former Fe mine in goethite ore located about 2 miles NE of the Hardistonville area (Hamburg-Franklin) and about 1½ miles East of Hamburg on the East side of County road #517. This mine was worked extensively before 1840 and closed by 1868, restarted 1869-1873. Workings included a 200 foot long by 40 foot wide and 40 foot deep open cut.

Select Mineral List Type

Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical Elements

Mineral List

ⓘ Goethite

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Goethite

Formula: Fe³⁺O(OH)

References:

The Iron Mines of NJ (1910), Bayley

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Goethite	4.00.	Fe³⁺O(OH)

List of minerals for each chemical element

H	Hydrogen
H	ⓘ Goethite	Fe³⁺O(OH)
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Goethite	Fe³⁺O(OH)
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Goethite	Fe³⁺O(OH)

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

North AmericaContinent

North America PlateTectonic Plate

Appalachian BasinBasin
Laurentides DomainPassive Margin

USA

New Jersey
- New Jersey HighlandsComplex

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References

Rogers (1840);

Kitchell (1854).

Cook, G.H. (1872).

Bayley, William S. (1910) Final Report of the State Geologist Vol. 7 - Iron Mines and Mining in N.J. Geological Survey of New Jersey.

Rocks & Minerals (1946): 21: 416.

Dunn, Pete J. (1995) Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey: The world's most magnificent mineral deposits Vol. 1. The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society.p.92

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