Allis Exploration

Past Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021695
MRDS ID DE01075
Record type Site
Current site name Allis Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.73903, 40.93667 (WGS84)
Elevation 216

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanhope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Sussex

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Hornblende Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pyroxene Quartz Plagioclase Gneiss
    Rock description Pyroxene Quartz Plagioclase Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.73903, 40.93667

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME OF ROCK IN TAILINGS IS SULPHIDE-RICH. HORNBLENDE LENSES ARE PRESENT; ALONG WITH DIOPSIDE PODS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1873
Year of last production 1879

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Subco, Inc.
    Home office 311 East 71st Street Apt. 7a New York, Ny. 10021

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS WERE SMALL. A SERIES OF TRENCHES INTO EXPOSED BEDROCK AND PITS ARE STILL PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • WORKED FOR "A FEW YEARS". OPENED ON LAND OF ELISHA ALLIS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VII OF THE VINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NJ BUREAU OF MINE SAFETY, 1977.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1873. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE, H., 1879. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS MINE WOULD BE GOOD FOR A DETAILED STUDY OF METAMORPHIC STRATIFORM-TYPE IRON DEPOSITS.
Deposit HOST ROCKS HAVE FOLIATION OF 54W/68NE. FOLDS PRESENT IN HOST ROCKS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

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