Meadow 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 10021797
MRDS ID DE01293
Record type Site
Current site name Meadow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.56681, 40.90056 (WGS84)
Elevation 195

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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(19??)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN 1884 24,000 TONS WERE MINED; IN 1886 3,500 TONS, TOTAL ESTIMATED AT 75,000

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Microcline Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Siderite Gangue

Analytical data

Result LITTLE P, NO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Rock unit name Amphibolite
    Rock description Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.56681, 40.90056

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 57-60 SE
    Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1884
Year of last production 1886

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Morris Simon Inc.
    Home office 425 Rte 10 Randolph Nj 07869 Nj Power & Light Co Right Of Way

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • A DEEP, WATER-FILLED PIT AND TAILINGS PILES ARE PRESENT TODAY.

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY J COUPER LORD ESTATE AT ONE TIME

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETITE OCCURS AS SEAMS REPLACING PYROXENE HORNBLENDE SKARN AND

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.