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Duffee 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 10021766
MRDS ID DE01259
Record type Site
Current site name Duffee Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.59765, 41.00028 (WGS84)
Elevation 357
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franklin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(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

  • LOCATION WAS DIFFICULT TO ASCERTAIN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.59765, 41.00028
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 70 SE
    Thickness 1.07M

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 1868

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Jersey Central Power And Light Co.
    Home office Madison Ave. Punch Bowl Rd. Morristown, Nj 07960

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE TRENCH AND SEVERAL SMALL PITS WERE FOUND

Comments on development

  • IN 1868 THE MINE HAD NOT BEEN WORKED FOR A LONG TIME AND WAS FOUND TO BE WATER-FILLED.

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., 1855. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR OF 1855.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEROGE H., 1868. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1868.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT THE SURFACE THE VEIN WAS 3.5 FT THICK, AT A DEPTH OF 30 FT THE VEIN WAS 18 INCHES THICK ORE CONTAINED LARGE QUANTITIES OF FELDSPAR, QUARTZ, HORNBLENDE & EPIDOTE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-87 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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