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Lake View 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. 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 10021754
MRDS ID DE01145
Record type Site
Current site name Lake View Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.63209, 40.9375 (WGS84)
Elevation 293

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)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(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

  • APPROXIMATELY 20,000 TONS OF ORE MINED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

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) -74.63209, 40.9375
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip SE
    Length 45.72M
    Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 2 TO 3 INCH QUARTZ VEINS CONCORDANT TO ORE SEAMS WERE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1863
Year of last production 1882

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hopatcong Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Borough Of Mt. Arlington
    Home office 526 Altenbrand Ave. Mt. Arlington, Nj. 07856

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 25.91M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • 10 PITS WERE OPENED, 10-30 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 5-15 FEET DEEP. THREE SHAFTS WERE WORKED, 60, 84 AND 85 FEET DEEP. TODAY SEVERAL LARGE TAILINGS PILES AND SOME SMALL CALLAPSED PITS AND TRENCHES ARE PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • ORE SENT TO PERRYVILLE, PA.

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., 1883. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1883.

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, 1978. ABANDONED IRON MINES OF MT. OLIVE, ROXBURY, MT. ARLINGTON TOWNSHIPS, MORRIS COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOOT WALL WAS SHARP; HANGING WALL CONTAINED ORE AND ROCK.

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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