| Deposit ID | 10021809 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01311 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Johnson Hill Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.58348, 40.90556 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 219 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Morris |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||
| Rock unit name | Quartz Plagioclase Gneiss | ||||
| Rock description | Quartz Plagioclase Gneiss | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -74.58348, 40.90556 |
|---|
| Width | 1.83M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1868 |
| Year of last production | 1869 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Lehigh Crane Iron Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Garstay Assoc. |
| Home office | C/O Allan Hammer 101 Eisenhower Parkway Roseland, Nj. 07068 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 274.32M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01311 |
BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST.
FIELD CHECKED 1987.
COOK, GEORGE H. 1868. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGY FOR THE YEAR 1868.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | FAULTS CROSS THE ORE BODY. |
| 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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