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Limestone (crushed stone). Hunterdon County, quarried at Clinton, Califon, and Vernoy. Sussex County, Ogdensburg. Warren County, Finesville. Limestone (flux). Hunterdon County, quarried at Annandale, Clinton, Califon, and elsewhere. Sussex County, at Franklin, Hamburg, McAfee, Ogdensburg, and elsewhere. Warren County, Bloomsburg, Carpentersville,.

Murry, and elsewhere.

Limestone (lime). Hunterdon, Somerset, Sussex, Warren, and other counties. Limonite. See Brown iron ore.

Magnesite (carbonate of magnesia). Hudson County, occurs near Hoboken, with serpentine.

Magnesium. See Brucite.

Magnetite (magnetic iron oxide). Following is a list of mines formerly operated in Sussex County: Andover group, 4 miles south of Newton; Ford group, 3 miles southeast of Sparta; Ogden group, at Edison; Sherman group, 1 mile southeast of Sparta; Sickles mine, 3 miles south of Sparta; Franklin Furnace, group extending southwest from the zinc mines at Franklin Furnace. Morris County, has been mined at Mount Hope, Richard, Hoff, Hurd, and Hibernia mines, at Rockaway Valley mines near Taylorville, near Splitrock Pond, Montville, and Riverdale. Passaic County, at Ringwood mines. Sussex County, Stanhope and Ahles mines. Warren County, Oxford Furnace mine. Malachite (green copper carbonate). Essex County, occurs in sandstone at Belleville and Bloomfield; has been mined at Belleville. Hudson County, occurs at East Belleville. Somerset County, has been mined at Somerville. Union County, occurs in Triassic sandstone at Chimney Rock, near Plainfield. Warren County, has been mined at Pahaquarry. Manganese. Sussex County, Franklin Furnace, in franklinite (zinc-iron-manganese oxide). The zinc residues from these ores furnish next to the largest quantity of the manganese produced in the United States. See also Braunite and Tephroite.

Marble. Sussex County, small quantity formerly quarried near Andover and Roseville. Warren County, formerly quarried near Upper Harmony, Marble Mountain, and Jenny Jump Mountain near Danville.

Marl.

Small quantities of greensand marls dug from Raritan Bay across Monmouth, Ocean, Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem counties to Delaware River; recently dug in quantity at Sewell, Gloucester County. Calcareous marls at Shiloh, Cumberland County, dug for local use. Menaccanite. See Ilmenite.

Mineral paint. Zinc oxide is produced in large amount from the ores from the Franklin Furnace and Ogdensburg zinc mines. See also Ocher and Shale.

Molybdenite. Sussex County, occurs in Hude, Stanhope, and Ogden mines. Ocher. Camden County, occurs at Camden. Middlesex County, Lincoln. Warren County, mined recently near Phillipsburg. See also Mineral Paint and Shale.

Peat. Beds of peat in many swamps. Morris County, was made into briquets near Lincoln Park in 1904–5. Plant for manufacturing peat into fertilizer and fertilizer filler at Great Meadows, Warren County, and near Hackettstown. Peat is dug on a considerable scale for fertilizer in a number of other localities. Peat moss is shipped on some scale from Barnegat, Ocean County, and used by florists and in artificial stock foods.

Pyrite. Morris County, occurs in Old Copperas, Hibernia, and Hurdtown mines. Sussex County, with magnetite near Vernon, Waterloo. Warren County, Jenny Jump Mountain, Marble Mountain, Washington, Swaze, and other mines.

Pyrrhotite (magnetic pyrites). Morris County, occurs in Hurdtown mine. Sussex County, Longcore's mine.

Road metal. Baltimore gneiss quarried at Holland. Mica gneiss quarried near Byberry, Ford, Montville, Morristown, and Pompton. Diabase or trap rock quarried at Brookville, Lambertville, Marshalls Corners, Milburn, Moore, Mount Rose, Paterson, Plainfield, Springfield, Upper Montclair, and formerly along Palisades. Gabbro quarried extensively at Wayne. See also Granite, Limestone, and Trap rock.

Sand (building). Dug in Bergen County, at Hackensack and Wortendyke. Burlington County, Bordentown, Burlington, Florence, Palmyra, and elsewhere. Camden County, Morris station, Grenloch, and Wilton. Cumberland County, Millville. Essex County, South Orange. Gloucester County, Swedesboro. Middlesex County, Monmouth Junction, Metuchen, Sayreville, and Woodbridge. Morris County, Succasunna, Oreland, Ironia, and Montville. Passaic County, Hawthorne and Oak Ridge. Sussex County, Stanhope. Warren County, Phillipsburg. Also in small quantity at many other points.

Sand (fire). Middlesex County, fire sand and underlying Woodbridge fire clay dug at number of points for manufacturing fire brick. Dug also at Burlington, Bridgeton, and Millville.

Sand (filter). Atlantic County, dug at Absecon. Burlington County, dug extensively at Birmingham. Cape May County, large output from Cape May.

Sand (glass). Camden County, dug at Penbryn and Wilton. Cumberland County, Cedarville, Millville, and South Vineland. Gloucester County, Williamstown. Middlesex County, Jamesburg.

Sand (molding). Dug in Burlington County, at Bordentown, Brown Mills, Burlington, Lumberton, Palmyra, and elsewhere. Camden County, Blenheim, Grenloch, and Morris station. Cape May County, Belle Plain. Cumberland County, Millville and Cedarville. Gloucester County, Downer, Radix, and elsewhere. Middlesex County, Perth Amboy, South Amboy, and elsewhere. Morris County, Flanders. Passaic County, Little Falls. Sussex County, Stanhope. Warren County, Phillipsburg, and Great Meadows.

Sandstone. Quarries, many abandoned: Bergen County, Closter and Ridgefield. Essex County, Pleasantdale and West Orange. Hudson County, North Arlington. Hunterdon County, Byram, Raven Rock, and Stockton. Mercer County, Lawrenceville, Princeton, Trenton, and Wilburta. Passaic County, Passaic and Paterson. Somerset County, Kingston, Martinsville, and Watchung. Sussex County, Quarryville. Warren County,

Belvidere.

Sandstone (brownstone). Quarries, many closed: Essex County, Pleasantdale. Hudson County, North Arlington. Passaic County, below Great Falls on east side of Passaic River, Paterson, and near Passaic. Somerset County, near Kingston.

Sandstone (conglomerate, pudding stone). Morris County, quarried at Green Pond. Passaic County, Bearport and Kanouse mountains, attractive building stone.

Serpentine.

Hudson County, projects out into Hudson at Stevens Point, and formerly quarried for local use. Morris County, scattered through limestone at Montville. Warren County, quarried at Phillipsburg, for decorative use and sold as “verde antique marble."

Shale (paint). Somerset County, has been worked at Bound Brook.
Slate (roofing). Sussex County, quarried at Newton and Lafayette.

Warren

County, Port Murry, formerly quarried at Delaware Water Gap, and elsewhere.

Talc and soapstone. Sussex County, occur at Sparta, Lockwood, Andover, Franklin, and Newton. Warren County, quarried with serpentine near

Phillipsburg.

Tephroite. Sussex County, occurs locally abundant at Franklin Furnace and Sterling Hill.

Titanium. See Ilmenite.

Trap rock.

Quarried in Bergen County, at Bergen Hill, Cliffside, Cliffside Park, Edgewater, and Fairview. Essex County, Caldwell and Verona, Milburn, Montclair and Upper Montclair, South Orange and West Orange. Hudson County, Granton, Jersey City, and New Durham. Hunterdon County, Byram and Lambertville. Mercer County, Hopewell, Lawrenceville, Princeton, and Titusville. Middlesex County, Dunellen. Morris County, Hibernia, Middle Valley, Millington near Mountain View, Pine Brook, and Pompton. Passaic County, Great Notch, Little Falls, Passaic, and Paterson. Somerset County, Bernardsville, Bound Brook, Rocky Hill, and Somerville. Union County, New Providence, Springfield, and Summit.

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Willemite (silicate of zinc). Sussex County, one of the abundant minerals at Franklin Furnace and Sterling Hill.

Zeolites. In the trap region in a belt extending from Paterson to Trenton in Passaic, Essex, Union, Middlesex, Somerset, and Mercer counties.

Zinc.

See Franklinite, Hetærolite, Willemite, and Zincite.

Zincite (red oxide of zinc). Sussex County, Franklin Furnace, and Sterling Hill.

Zircon. Sussex County, abundant in magnetite at Williams mine.

NEW MEXICO.

Alum. Colfax County, is reported southeast of Springer on the Abbott ranch. Grant County, in Alumina district, large supply of aluminum sulphate 25 miles north of Silver City on both sides of Gila River. Mora County, eastern part, about 25 miles from Wagon Mound. Sandoval County, northwest part in a 15 to 20 foot bed between sand rock. Taos County, in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, west of Red River post office (reported). Union County, Ute Creek; not mined.

Alunogen. Grant County, in Alumina district, both sides of Gila River, secs. 19, 20, 29, 30, T. 13 S., R. 13 W.

Amethyst. Grant County, Black Range, Great Republic mine.

Anglesite. Dona Ana County, Organ district, Stephenson-Bennett mine. Luna County, Cooks Peak and Victorio districts, mined at Desdemona, Graphic, and Summit mines. Socorro County, in Magdalena district.

Anhydrite. Common in thick beds with gypsum.

Anthracite.

Santa Fe County, mined at Madrid, south of Cerrillos. Antimony minerals. See Cervantite and Stibnite.

Argentite (silver glance, silver sulphide). Has been mined in the following districts: Dona Ana County, Organ (rare). Grant County, Black Hawk, Chloride Flat, Georgetown, Granite Gap, Kimball, Lore Mountain, Steeplerock, Telegraph district, and Pyramid districts. Luna County, Florida Mountains district. Mora County, Tres Hermanas Mountains. Sandoval County, Cochiti. Sierra County, Kingston, Hermosa, Tierra Blanca, Lake Valley, Black Range, and Apache districts. Socorro County, Cooney (Mogollon), Socorro, and Wilcox, 15 miles southeast of Cooney.

Aurichalcite. Socorro County, Magdalena district.

Azurite (blue carbonate of copper). Mined with other copper ores in the following districts: Grant County, Burro Mountain and Sylvanite; old San Jose copper mines, Central district. Luna County, Fremont (a little). Rio Arriba County, Bromide, not important. Sandoval County, Nacimiento (red beds). San Miguel County, Tecolote. Sierra County, Chloride (Phillipsburg) and Caballos. Socorro County, Magdalena. Valencia County, Copperton (Zuni Mountains), red beds.

Barite. Valencia County, Zuni Mountains; 10-foot vein in Smelter Gulch prospected for silver.

Basalt. Rio Arriba County, northwest of Lumberton, along Colorado State line. Valencia County, near Grant, Mount Taylor and vicinity, 10 miles northeast of Grant. At many other places in the State.

Beryl. Santa Fe County, near Santa Fe, a few crystals of fine quality found in the gravels, not worked.

Bismuth (native). Luna County, Fremont, with silver ores, rare. Socorro County, mined in 1911 and 1912 about 25 miles southwest of Tularosa. Dona Ana County, frequently in commercial quantities in ores of the Organ district. See also Bismutite and Tetradymite.

Bismutite. Dona Ana County, at Organ, associated with lead, silver, and copper ores in workable amount in the Torpedo, Memphis, and Excelsior mines, in the fissure veins in the granite on San Augustine Peak, and from there to the north line of the county in the San Andreas Range. Otero County, mined 25 miles southwest of Tularosa. Socorro County, southeastern part in the fissure veins and copper and lead deposits in the San Andreas Range as far north as Salinas Peak. Bismuth ore has been shipped from the mines near Salinas Peak.

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Bloedite.

Torrance County, at Estancia Lakes. Bornite. Mined in the following districts: Grant County, Kimball, small quantity; and Lordsburg, minor ore; Steeplerock district, Little Mack group. Lincoln County, Nogal Mountains. Rio Arriba County, Abiquiu. Sandoval County, Nacimiento (red beds). San Miguel County, Rociada and Tecolote. Sierra County, Caballos, Chloride (silver bearing), Hermosa (silver bearing), Kingston (silver bearing). Socorro County, Cooney (Mogollon), important ore. Taos County, Twining. Occurs also in Santa Fe County with other copper ores.

Brochantite. Dona Ana County, Organ district, not mined.

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Bromyrite. Rio Arriba County, Bromide. Sierra County, with gold and silver ores in Tierra Blanca district; was formerly mined. Brown iron ore (limonite, brown hematite). Common in all oxidized ores. Grant County, at Silver City, small quantity mined with magnetite near Fierro, Union mines; formerly mined in Glorieta district, Central district, Clarks Peak district. Lincoln County, occurs northeast of White Oaks, in Capitan Mountains, and at Lone Mountain, Jicarilla district, near Jack Mountain, Red Cloud (Gallinas) district, and at the Rock Island group of iron mines, 3 miles north of Tecolote station on the line of the El Paso & Southwestern System. Santa Fe County, east slope of Tuertos Mountains, Limestone district, about midway between Hermosa and Chloride; Mount Spring district, midway between Estey and Jarvis, near Santa Fe; near Glorieta; Perry deposits near San Pedro. Sandoval County, Placitas district, in Sandia Mountains (of bog iron character). Socorro County, Jones district in north end of Sierra Oscura, Canyoncito, Wilcox, 15 miles southeast of Cooney. Sierra County, in Cuchillo Range, south of Chloride, large body of Iron Mountain group reported. Otero County, Jarilla. San Miguel County, Rociada, and reported near Las Vegas and on upper Rio Pecos. Torrance County, west of the Gran Quivira. Valencia County, prospected at head of Smelter Gulch, Zuni Mountains.

Caliche. Common in desert regions.

Cement material. Colfax County, Springer, natural cement formerly manufactured. Lincoln County, limestone suitable for cement in the mountains immediately northwest of White Oaks. Socorro County, limestone and shale suitable for Portland cement, near Carthage. Torrance County, in certain portions of Estancia plain along New Mexico Central Railroad. Cerargyrite (horn silver, silver chloride). Has been mined with oxidized ores in the following districts: Dona Ana County, Organ, rare. Grant County, Apache No. 2, Black Hawk, Burro Mountains, Chloride Flat, Georgetown, Hachita, Kimball, Lone Mountain, Pyramid, Telegraph. Luna County, Fremont, Florida Mountains. Mora County, Tres Hermanas. Santa Fe County, San Ysidro Mountain. Sierra County, Apache; Black Range; Chloride (Phillipsburg); Hermosa; Hillsboro; Lake Valley, formerly an important ore; Kingston, in placers; and Tierra Blanca, rare. Socorro County, Cooney (Mogollon) and Socorro.

Cerium. See Monazite.

Cerusite (lead carbonate). Mined in the following districts: Dona Ana County, Organ, in Stephenson-Bennett lead-silver mines. Grant County, Granite Gap; Hanover, with zinc ores; Hachita; and Lordsburg. Luna County, Cooks Peak, Florida Mountains, and Fremont. Sierra County, Hillsboro, Lake Valley, very rich in silver, Macho district, south of Lake Valley district, and Chlorine (Phillipsburg). Socorro County, Magdalena, Pueblo, north of Magdalena.

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