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Stirling 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. 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 10021807
MRDS ID DE01308
Record type Site
Current site name Stirling Mine
Related records 10021808

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.58959, 40.89306 (WGS84)
Elevation 247

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • BY 1868 150,000 TONS MINED; TOTAL ESTIMATED YIELD WAS 250,000

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1880 ANALYSIS YIELDED 58.80% FE AND 1.342%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.58959, 40.89306
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 30-45 SE
    Plunge 10-18 DEGREE
    Plunge direction NE
    Thickness 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1640
Year of last production 1885

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas And Crane Iron Co.
  • 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 76.2M
    Overall length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1868 THE DEPTH OF THE MINE INCREASED TO 250 FT AND THE LENTH TO 600 FT. DRILL HOLE PUT DOWN VERTICALLY AT 385 AND 415 FEET SE OF THE OUTCROP OF THE NORTH RIVER SHORE FOUND ORE AT 338 FT AND AT 365 FT FROM THE FURFACE. MANY DEEP PITS AND SHAFTS PRESENT.

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY NJ MINING COMPANY IN 1868-1885.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APATITE-RICH ORE. ORE WAS STAINED WITH LIMONITE. ORE BODY PINCHED.

Reporter information

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

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