Roseville Mine

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021697
MRDS ID DE01078
Record type Site
Current site name Roseville Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.69792, 40.96889 (WGS84)
Elevation 262

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • UP TO 1880, 67,000 TONS OF ORE WAS REMOVED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Talc Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1868 ANALYSIS YIELDED 69.9% FE3O4, 0.4% S, 0 P2O5, 23.5% SIO2 & INSOL. - 50.6% METALLIC FE.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Pyroxene Skarn
    Rock description Pyroxene Skarn
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.69792, 40.96889

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 9.14M
    Length 213.36M
    Width 7.62M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SEVERAL SUBSIDIARY ORE BODIES EXIST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Andover Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Louis N And Delores K Esposito.
    Home office 1 Amity Rd. Andover, Nj. 07821

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE CONSISTED OF 2 LARGE OPENINGS AND A NUMBER OF SMALL ONES. STRIKE OF TH DEPOSIT IN THE SOUTHERN PIT IS NNE, IN THE NORTHERN PIT, NW. TODAY THERE'S A WATER-FILLED TRENCH LEADING TO A HORIZONTAL TUNNEL & TAILINGS PILES.

Comments on development

  • OPENED BY THE TRENTON IRON COMPANY; OWNED BY ANDOVER IRON CO. 1868-1880; ORE WAS USED AT THEIR FURNACES IN PHILIPSBURG.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1868. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1868.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1880. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1880.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EITHER ONE FOLDED BODY OR 2 INCLINED TO ONE ANOTHER AT 45 DEGREE ANGLE.

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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