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Gove 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021755
MRDS ID DE01146
Record type Site
Current site name Gove Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.65153, 40.89917 (WGS84)
Elevation 296

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

  • 11,200 TONS YIELDED BY JUNE 1880.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.65153, 40.89917
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1874
Year of last production 1881

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Francis M. Gove
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mt. Arlington Borough
    Home office Orben Drive Mt. Arlington, Nj. 07856

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS WERE SUNK TO A DEPTH OF 400 FT. SEVERAL TAILINGS PILES ARE STILL PRESENT, HOWEVER, THERE AREN'T ANY OPEN SHAFTS OR PITS PRESENT ANY MORE.

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 ORE CONTAINED PYRITE IN STREAKS, AND THICK (>3 INCHES) QUARTZ VEIN.

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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