| Deposit ID | 10021732 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01121 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ogden Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Edison Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.57153, 41.06278 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 378 |
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)
Hackensack-Passaic(hydrologic unit)
Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Sussex |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Biotite Gneiss | ||||||
| Rock description | Biotite Gneiss | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1868 |
| Year of last production | 1873 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01121 |
BAYLEY, WILLIAM S. 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST.
FIELD CHECKED 1987.
COOK, GEORGE H., 1854. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1854.
COOK, GEORGE H., 1891. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1854.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE CONTAINS QUARTZ |
| Deposit | SEE OGDEN MINE FOR FURTHER 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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