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Layton Mine

Past Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021715
MRDS ID DE01101
Record type Site
Current site name Layton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.40652, 41.2225 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wawayanda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rondout(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(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 :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 55% FE, TRACE P AND

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.40652, 41.2225
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1872
Year of last production 1883

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Layton Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Jersey, Department Of Environmental Protection
    Home office Labor & Industry Building ,John Fitch Plaza Trenton, Nj. 08625

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 39.01M
    Overall length 167.64M

Comments on the workings information

  • 75 FEET OF DRIFTS WERE CUT INTO MAIN SHAFT; SW SHAFT WAS 45 FT DEEP; ONE SHAFT WAS 5 FT IN DIAMETER, ONE 10 FT AND ONE 12 FT IN DIAMETER.

Comments on development

  • OPENED BY S.D. BROWN ON LAND OF J.K. LAYTON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H. 1883. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1883.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN SLAG PILES IS GRANULAR MAGNETITE WITH SOME PYROXENE AND SOME

Reporter information

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

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