Erb 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021787
MRDS ID DE01282
Record type Site
Current site name Erb Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.58348, 40.88444 (WGS84)
Elevation 219

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)

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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(197?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS LEAN.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 40% IRON IN ORE.

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) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.58348, 40.88444

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2.74M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1891

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Andover Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Anna Smith
    Home office 114 Irondale Rd. Wharton, Nj. 07885

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 13.72M
    Overall length 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE BODY IN 1868 HAD BEEN WORKED TO A DEPTH OF 45 FEET AND LENGTH OF 60 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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.