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Sherman Farm 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 10021727
MRDS ID DE01116
Record type Site
Current site name Sherman Farm Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.62265, 41.02639 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franklin(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

Comments on the commodity information

  • BETWEEN 1873-1875 APPROX. 100 TONS OF ORE REMOVED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.62265, 41.02639
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 35-50 NW
    Thickness 3.05M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1854
Year of last production 1875

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wendelyn And Peter Stamer
    Home office P.O. Box 347 Sparta, Nj. 07871

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 10.67M
    Overall length 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE TAILINGS PILES PRESENT NEXT TO AN EXCAVATED TUNNEL.

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL OPENINGS MADE BEFORE 1854. MINE PROSPECTED 1904-1905 TO DETERMINE AVERAGE VALUE OF ORE AND QUANTITY.

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., 1879. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IRREGULAR DEPOSIT OF LEAN ORE

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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