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Simpson 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021725
MRDS ID DE01112
Record type Site
Current site name Simpson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.54791, 41.1675 (WGS84)
Elevation 183

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hamburg(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

  • 2.5 MILES NE OF HAMBURG AND 1 MILE SW OF MCAFEE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BROW OF THE HILL OVERLOOKING THE L & H RIVER RAILROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BY 1854 80 TONS OF ORE HAD BEEN REMOVED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Franklin Formation
    Rock description Franklin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.54791, 41.1675
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip SE

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 1854

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • BY 1854 THE EXCAVATION WAS 20 FEET DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED BY BELL, 1984.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZITE CONGLOMERATE IMPREGNATED WITH HEMATITE AND THIN HEMATITE LAYERS INTERLEAVED WITH CONGLOMERATE AND SHALE.

Reporter information

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

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