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Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA

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Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Mooreite
Formula:Mg92Mn2Zn4(SO4)2(OH)26 · 8H2O
Comments:Occurs in highly alkaline environments in fracture voids (crystals) and filling fracture seams (platy masses).
Habit:Thin-tabular crystals to aggregates of plates with somewhat radial configuration.
Colour:Colorless, tan, light brown
Luminescent properties:None
Quality for species:Excellent - world class for species or very significant. (!!)
Abundance at site:Rare
Special Storage/
Display Requirements:
None
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Pyrochroite23
Torreyite16
Rhodochrosite14
Fluoborite11
Willemite9
Zincite8
Sussexite7
Lawsonbauerite4
Franklinite4
Hauckite3
Fluorite3
Calcite1
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Mooreite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (25 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:54473
Long-form Identifier:1:3:54473:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Localities for Mooreite in this Region
North Ore Body, Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
Notes on the MineralsofFranklin andSterlingHill,NewJerseyByJohn S. AlbaneseVOL. IJANUARY 1960...address:John S. AlbaneseP. 0. Box 221Union,NewJerseyNo. 2 FOREWORDThis is the second in a series...to the mineralogy and geology of the Franklin,NewJersey mining area. The warm reception that Vol. r....Ishall attempt to keep you informed ofnew findings andnew mineralsof the area, and will publish,...my appreciation to Mr. William L.Hill, president of theSussexCounty Trust Company,of Franklin,N. J
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETYVolume 17September 1976Number 2www.FOMSNJ...18thField Trip - Cellate (Fowler) Quarry, CorkHill Road, Franklin, N.J.9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon.Meeting...October 16thField Trip — The Old Andover IronMine (opposite Aeroflex Field),Limecrest Rd., Andover...Editor welcomes information on Franklin andSterlingHill and their minerals for publication inthis journal...the dates on the calendar and plan to attend.Anew slate of officers is scheduled to head the F.O.M
Journal (issue)
THE PICKING TABLEJOURNAL OE THE FRAMKLIN-OGDENSBURG MlhERALOGICAL SOCIETY, IMC.VOLUME 36 MUMBER l...West 111th Street,New York NY 10025TREASURERJohn Cianciulli60 Alpine Road,Sussex NJ 07461ASSISTANT...the FranklinOgdensburg,NewJersey area is invited to join the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society...John Cianciulli, Treasurer FOMS60 Alpine RoadSussex NJ 07461www.FOMSNJ.orgThe contents of The Picking...BostwickTema J. Hecht600 W. 1 llth St., #1 IBNew York NY 10025EDITORIAL BOARDJohn L. BaumOmer
Journal (issue)
vVolume 25SpringJournal of the Franklin-OgdensburgMineralogical Society, IncorporatedNumber One... ThePICKING TABLEJournal of the Franklin-OgdensburgMineralogical Society, IncorporatedOfficers...Officers and TrusteesThe FRANKLIN -OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, Inc.For the Year 1983PresidentJoseph...Ralph E.Thomas '84CommitteesAbandoned HamburgMine,at Franklin, looking southtoward the Ding Dong...KozykowskiFeatures:Sulfur and Ferrimolybdite fromSterlingHill by Fred J. Parker and Bruce E. SmithOriginal
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Franklin andSterlingHill, N.J.Palache, C.-The Minerals of Franklin andSterlingHill,SussexCounty, N.J....ressional Paper 180Jeffrey A. SmithWayne,NewJerseyADDITIONSLEUCOPHOENICITE 1899Penfield and...1928 Palache(Franklin, N.J.)MOOREITE 1929 Bauer & Berman(SterlingHill, N.J.)E S P E R I T E 1928...called Delta-Mooreite (Bauer and Berman, 1929) because it was thought tobe a variety ofMooreite.Delta-Mooreite...Delta-Mooreite was redescribed by Prewitt-Hopkins in 1949 as anew mineral specie and given thename Torreyite
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGIGAL SOCIETYVOLUME 9FEBRUARY 1968NUMBER 1www.FOMSNJ...Speaker, Alexander Klinshaw on"The Minerals ofNewJersey"Sunday,5th.Proposed Field Trip,Limecrest...Trip, 9:00 n..^. to Noon.Open Cut,SterlingHill r'iine,Ogdensburg, N.J.Meeting, 2:30 P.M. Speaker,...Sebastian andSafetyJack La RueF.O.M.S. NotesAnew administration is in office at the F.O.M.S. Cur President...minerals dates back to his days as a miner for theNewJerseyZinc Company. He has worked hard for the F.O
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETYVolume 16AUGUST 1975Number 2www.FOMSNJ...September 20thField Trip - Cellate Quarry, CorkHill Road, Franklin, N.J.9:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon.Meeting...Saturday,October 18thField Trip • Old Andover IronMine (opposite Aeroflex Field)Limecrest Road, Andover... has joined theNewJersey Earth Science Association, a coalition of tenNewJersey Societies, and will...ExecutiveBoard meeting, the invitation of theNewJersey Earth Science Association, Inc., to apply for
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
franklinite at theSterlingHillmine,Ogdensburg,NewJersey.4u2Thisnew species was named in...in 1905 atKutztown, he taught school in LehighCounty, Penn­sylvania, for two years. He then entered...Bauer was employed by theNewJersey ZincCompany at Franklin,NewJersey, where he worked forover 40...flow of specimenmaterial from the Franklin andSterling H i l l mines to in­vestigators and collectors...mineralogical papers, includingdescriptions of thenew species cahnite, esperite(originally calcium larsenite)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
DISCOVEREDAT FRANKLIN ANDSTERLINGHILL,NEWJERSEYf\fc*As the number ofnew minerals from this famous...the deposits in the Franklin-SterlingHillarea of northwesternNewJersey (Baum, 1982). Over 30 ofthe...discovered214ROCKS AND MINERALSat Franklin-SterlingHill to be named for a person. The sec­ond one was...specimens simultaneously discovered at theBenalltmine, Wales, helped establish the existence of thespecies...of Franklin,NewJersey, who discoveredmanynew minerals and worked for theNewJersey ZincCompany
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Franklin andSterlingHill,NewJerseyJOHN C I A N C I U L L I50 East Shore TrailSparta,NewJersey 07871...both the Franklinmine and theSterlingHillmine have continued to con­tributenew mineral species to...this writing, the Franklin andSterlingHillmines have introduced 49new mineral species to mineralogy...Franklin limestone in (Precambrian) northwesternNewJersey. They were sporadically exploited for some 130...first-describedmineral species from Franklin andSterling H i l l ,NewJersey, outlines the growth of knowledge and
Report (issue)
94.91◦Z=2X-ray Powder Pattern:SterlingHill,NewJersey,USA.10.2 (100), 5.16 (50), 1.566 (50)...26.3017.2726.39Total 99.66(1)SterlingHill,NewJersey,USA; deducting SiO2 , corresponds to (Mg5...metamorphosedstratiform zinc orebody.Association:Mooreite, fluoborite, pyrochroite, sussexite, rhodochrosite...calcite.Distribution:AtSterlingHill,Ogdensburg,Sussex Co.,NewJersey,USA.Name: Honors Dr. John...Franklin,NewJersey,USA minerals.Type Material:Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts,USA, 113732
Journal (issue)
September 21stField Trip - Cellate Quarry, CorkHill Road,Franklin, N.J. 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon.Meeting...the Ores ofSterlingHill'.'.Saturday,October 19thField Trip - Old Andover IronMine (oppositeAeroflex...Sone of the Arsenic Minerals of theFranklin-Ogdensburg Mining AreaSaturdayNovember 16thField Trip...#180 - The Minerals of Franklin andSterlingHill,SussexCounty, N.J." is available by mail. The regular...of the Franklin Zinc-Iron-Manganese Deposit,NewJersey". The price of this very important paperis ¥1
Report (issue)
•Mg9 Zn4 Mn2+2 (SO4 )2 (OH)26 8H2 OMooreitec 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1Crystal...c = 8.202(3)X-ray Powder Pattern:SterlingHill,NewJersey,USA.5.079 (100), 10.089 (78), 2.379 (78)...90]Total[100.00][100.00](1)SterlingHill,NewJersey,USA; average of two analyses, totalling...willemite,Distribution:FromSterlingHill,Ogdensburg,Sussex Co.,NewJersey,USA.Name: Honoring Dr. Gideon...California,USA, American chemist, an early investigator of Franklin andSterlingHill minerals.Type
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETYVolume 22September 1981Number Twowww...International License. Fall ProgramI FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.1981Regular Society...Franklin-Ogdensburg Mines. "SaturdayOctober 3, 1981Annual Dinner of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical...October 3 & 4, 198125th Anniversary Franklin-SterlingHill Mineral Show - sponsored by the Kiwanis Club...University, Bethlehem, Pa. - "Origin of the Franklin-Ogdensburg Zinc Deposits. "SundayOctober 18, 1981Field
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGIGAL SOCIETYVOLUME 16FEBRUARY1975NUMBER 1www.FOMSNJ..."Memorabilia and the Native Elements ofthe Franklin-Ogdensburg Mining District".Saturday,April 19thField...Kraissl, Jr.re: "Simple Silicates of the Franklin-OgdensburgMining District".Sunday,May 18thField Trip...second year of office.For 1975,therefore, we have anew administration headed by Bernard Kozykowski as President...Secretary, and Rudolph Appeld as Treasurer, arenew to these offices. Theirrecords as active and highly
Book
FRANKLIN ANDSTERLINGHILLCLIFFORDFRONDEL THE MINEt 4-S OFFRANKLIN ANDSTERLINGHILLA Check List...the unique ore deposits atFranklin andSterlingHill,NewJersey.For over two hundred years, the mines...minerals have beenidentified at Franklin andSterlingHill,including forty-four that had never beenpreviously...stimulate international interest inFranklin andSterlingHill. Part Twotraces the area’s geological develop¬...current references.The Minerals of Franklin andSterlingHill is illustrated with over thirty photo¬graphs
Report (issue)
= 95.21(10)◦X-ray Powder Pattern:SterlingHill,NewJersey,USA.10.5 (100), 5.24 (60), 3.90 (50),...23.18.4[25.0]Total [100.0](1)SterlingHill,NewJersey,USA; by electron microprobe, total Fe as...calcite.Distribution:FromSterlingHill,Ogdensburg,Sussex Co.,NewJersey,USA.Name: Honors Lawson H...(1889–1954), American chemist,NewJersey Zinc Company,Franklin,NewJersey,USA.Type Material:National...National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C.,USA, 143003.References: (1) Dunn, P.J., D.R. Peacor
Journal (issue)
fflJOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGIGAL SOCIETYVOLUMEAUGUST1969NUMBER 2www.FOMSNJ...Sept. 20thField trip to the Cellate Quarry CorkHill Road, Franklin, N.J. 9:00 A.M. to Noor.Meeting...Observations.Saturday,Field trip to the old Andover IronMine,October 18thAndover, N.J., 9:00 A.M. to NoonMeeting...Meeting 2:30 P.14. Speaker, Robert MetsgerreSterlingHillMine and "The Trembling Earth".Sunday,Field...mineralsof the zinc ore deposits at Franklin/Ogdensburg have attracted and intriguedthe mineral collector
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETYVOLUME VIIAUGUST966NUMBER 2www.FOMSNJ...October 15th - Field trip 9 A.M. to Noon Andover IronMine, Andover, N. J.Meeting - 2:30 P.M. Speaker to be...Kiwanis Club will sponsor the 10th AnnualFranklinSterling Mineral Exhibit, at the Franklin Armory, Routes...Buckwheat Dump, the Franklin Mineral Museum and theMine Replica*Every collector, novice to expert, always...recently been determined.Instead, it is an entirelynew type composed of a network of corner-linked zinc
Book
Mineral CollectingrratFranklin andSterlingHill, INewJerseyffifi.-i'l��with Notesas to the...FRANKLIN,NEWJERSEY• A Guide toMineral CollectingatFranklin andSterlingHill,NewJerseywith Notes...Senchuck of the Harri-Anne Studios. Franklin.NewJersey. Mrs. Florence Hansen of the Franklin-Kiwanis...Ervan F. Kushner, Books5 Colt StreetPaterson.NewJersey 07505 DEDICATIONtoJohn Leach Baum & Ewald...approach to the mineralogy ofFranklin andSterlingHill butconcurrent in their fidelity to the mineral
Report (issue)
X-ray Powder Pattern: Crestmore quarry, California,USA.2.424 (s), 4.462 (ms), 2.143 (ms), 2.129 (ms), 7...033.409.81Total100.59(1) Huerta del Vinagremine, Spain; by electron microprobe, corresponding to...Sweden);mooreite,willemite, fluorite, hydrozincite, pyrochroite, zincite, rhodochrosite (Sterling Hill...Hill,NewJersey,USA).Distribution: From Tallgruvan, east of Kallmora, Norberg, Sweden. In theUSA, around...and Amity, Orange Co.,New York; inNewJersey, fromSterlingHill,Ogdensburg,in the Limecrest quarry
Report (issue)
21(9)Z = [1]X-ray Powder Pattern:SterlingHill,NewJersey,USA.3.96 (100), 7.8 (90), 4.57 (60), 3...013.2[17.7]Total[100.0](1)SterlingHill,NewJersey,USA; by electron microprobe, total Fe as...metamorphosed stratiformAssociation:calcite;Mooreite, phlogopite, calcite; sussexite, pyrochroite,...chlorophoenicite,Distribution:FromSterlingHill,Ogdensburg,Sussex Co.,NewJersey,USA.Name: To honor Richard...(1935– ), mineral collector of Bloomfield,NewJersey,USA, for his contributions to preserving scientifically
Journal (issue)
TABLEFRMKLIN-OGDENSBURG MEJERALOGIOtiL SOCIETY, INC.BOX 146FRANKLIN,NEW'-JERSEYVolume 1February... VALIDATION OP MINERAL LPbCIES FROM FRANKLIN ANDSTERLINGHILLTwo of the major objectives of our science...accurate list of minerals from Franklin andSterlingHilland to find as many additional valid minerals...lists of the minerals found at Franklin andSterlingHill have been made over the years. The most authoritative...investigation of old andnew specimens . Somelisted species have been discredited, a number ofnew species have
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGIGAL SOCIETYVolume 19March 1978Number Onewww.FOMSNJ..."Bill" Butkowski - "NewJersey Zeolites"2:00 P.M.Farber Limestone Quarry, CorkHill Rd., Franklin, N.J...TABLE , official publication of The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc. isissued twice yearly;...editors welcome information on Franklin andSterlingHill for publication in this journal. Please write... 08886Richard C. Bostwick, RD No. 1, Box 497,Sussex, N.J. 07461Helen Warinsky, 695 Suffern Road, Teaneck
Journal (issue)
West 111th Street,New York, NY 10025TREASURERJohn Cianciulli60 Alpine Road,Sussex, NJ 07461ASSISTANT...the FranklinOgdensburg,NewJersey area is invited to join the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society...John Cianciulli, Treasurer FOMS60 Alpine RoadSussex, NJ 07461www.FOMSNJ.orgThe contents of The Picking...EDITORJoe Kaiser40 Castlewood TrailSparta,NewJersey 07871EDITORIAL BOARDJohn L. BaumRichard C...year, in March and September,by the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc. (FOMS), a nonprofit
 
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