Orchard Mine

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10021786
MRDS ID DE01281
Record type Site
Current site name Orchard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.56737, 40.90028 (WGS84)
Elevation 201

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover(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

  • MINE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED OVER. NO SIGN LEFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(197?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OUTPUT TO JUNE 1880 ESTIMATED 220,000 TONS. NON-BESSEMER ORE. TOTAL YIELD ESTIMATED AT 375,000 TONS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 59% FE AND APPROX. 1.5%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.56737, 40.90028

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40E
    Dip 48-57 SE
    Plunge 30
    Plunge direction NE
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1910

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Hocking, William J.
    Home office Post-American Legion.99 No. Main St. Wharton, Nj. 07885

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 259.08M
    Overall length 365.76M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 3 SHAFTS; ONE WAS INCLINED 57 DEGREE SE WITH A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 850 FT.

Comments on development

  • OWNED IN 1890 BY J. COUPER LORD ESTATE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEINS OF QUARTZ AND HORNBLENDE ARE INTERBEDDED WITH MAGNETITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.