J.D. King 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021792
MRDS ID DE01288
Record type Site
Current site name J.D. King Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.58403, 40.88472 (WGS84)
Elevation 250

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 :(1970)

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 Plagioclase-Quartz-Pyroxene Gneiss
    Rock description Plagioclase-Quartz-Pyroxene Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.58403, 40.88472

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner County Concrete Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box F Kenvil, Nj. 07847

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 213.36M

Comments on the workings information

  • VEIN WAS PROSPECTED FOR ABOUT 700 FEET BY SEVERAL SMALL PITS 5-15 FEET DEEP. MANY TRENCHES AND PITS WERE FOUND, WITH LARGE TAILINGS PILES.

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.