Johnson Hill 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 10021809
MRDS ID DE01311
Record type Site
Current site name Johnson Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.58348, 40.90556 (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)

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 :(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 Quartz Plagioclase Gneiss
    Rock description Quartz Plagioclase Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.58348, 40.90556

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

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 1869

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lehigh Crane Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Garstay Assoc.
    Home office C/O Allan Hammer 101 Eisenhower Parkway Roseland, Nj. 07068

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 274.32M

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SMALL AND SEVERAL LARGE PITS AND TRENCHES EXCAVATED OVER A DISTANCE OF 900 FEET. SEVERAL SHAFTS WERE FILLED WITH GARBAGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FAULTS CROSS THE ORE BODY.

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.