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Burt Mine

Past Producer in Morris 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  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 10021751
MRDS ID DE01142
Record type Site
Current site name Burt Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.64181, 40.8975 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanhope(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

Comments on the commodity information

  • 400 TONS OF ORE WERE SHIPPED FROM THIS MINE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1899 ANALYSIS YIELDED 43.18% FE, 21.43% SIO2, 0.213% PAND 0.783% S.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.64181, 40.8975
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1883

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Old Furnace Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lenat Developing Co.
    Home office C/O Atkins/Kent P.O. Bos 2700-Prime-Acct-De Fairfield, Nj 07007

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 24.38M
    Overall length 60.66M

Comments on the workings information

  • 7 SHAFTS INTO THE VEIN; THE MAIN SHAFT DIPPED WNW; ALL OTHERS DIPPED SE. ONE LARGE AND SEVERAL SMALL DUMP PILES AND 2 LARGE; 1 SMALL CAVED PITS ARE PRESENT TODAY.

Comments on development

  • OPENED BY WM. S. DECAMP

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 1985.

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS LEAN & SULPHUROUS.

Reporter information

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

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