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Hurdtown Apatite 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 10021794
MRDS ID DE01290
Record type Site
Current site name Hurdtown Apatite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.60459, 40.96889 (WGS84)
Elevation 305
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position Est 500 Feet, Est 500 Feet

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)

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

  • DEVELOPED OVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONTAINED TOO MUCH P TO BE USED FOR THE BESSEMER PROCESS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite 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) -74.60459, 40.96889
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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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peter G And Carol A Gellas
    Home office Rd1-41 Woodlawn Terrace Lake Hopatcong, Nj. 07849

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

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1897. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1897.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS PYRITEFEROUS MAGNETITE WITH MUCH APATITE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-84 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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