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Wolf 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021757
MRDS ID DE01150
Record type Site
Current site name Wolf Mine
Alternate or previous names Wolfe Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.7057, 40.87861 (WGS84)
Elevation 338
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position Est Within 100 Yds

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)

Raritan(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

  • NO EVIDENCE OF MINE EXCEPT FOR PILES OF WASTE ROCK. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 500 TONS OF ORE MINED IN 1901.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 59% FE WITH TRACES OF S &

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.7057, 40.87861
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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 1880
Year of last production 1901

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Salmon Brothers
    Home office Ledgewood, Nj.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Equinox Horse Stables
    Home office Mt. Olive, Nj.

Comments on development

  • OPENED 1880; REOPENED IN 1901 BUT VEIN WAS SO SMALL THAT IT SOON CLOSED. LAND OWNED BY CHARLES WOLFE.

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; PG 331.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986.

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B. 1902, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1901; PG. 138.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ISOLATED ORE BODY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-86 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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