Allen Mine

Past Producer in Morris 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021745
MRDS ID DE01136
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.55959, 40.91806 (WGS84)
Elevation 256

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Morris

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1880 ANALYSES YIELDED AN AVERAGE OF 56.99% FE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.55959, 40.91806

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 65 SE
    Plunge NE
    Thickness 7.01M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1855
Year of last production 1882

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Andover Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clinton Associates
    Home office C/O Moskowitz, G. 600 Third Ave. New York, Ny. 10016

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 99.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS ON SUPPOSE NORTHERN EXTENSION OF ITS EASTERN VEIN ON A DISTINCT LENS LYING ABOVE THAT EXPLOITED AT THE NORTH END OF THE NEARBY RICHARD MCO 9 LARGE, DEEP PITS WERE FOUND, LARGEST WAS 35 FEET IN DIAMETER.

Comments on development

  • OPENED BY GLENDON IRON COMPANY. OWNED BY NJ. IRON MINING CO., LEASED TO ANDOVER IRON COMPANY FROM 1879-1882.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit HANGING WALL WAS GREENPOND CONGLOMERATE. SOME PYRITE PRESENT.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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