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Rutherford Mine

Past Producer in Passaic 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021896
MRDS ID DE01542
Record type Site
Current site name Rutherford Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.43819, 41.11778 (WGS84)
Elevation 372

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newfoundland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(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 Passaic

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORIGINALLY SUPPLIED CLINTON FURNACE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.43819, 41.11778
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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
Year of first production 1888

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Franklin Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner City Of Newark, Mva
    Home office 1294 Mcbride Ave. Little Falls, Nj.07424

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFTS & SLAG PILES; ONE PIT WAS 15' IN DIAMETER; ANOTHER WAS 10' BY 30'. BOTH WATER FILLED. TOTAL OF 4 SHAFTS AND 12-13 PITS.

Comments on development

  • SHAFT 100 FEET DEEP FAILED TO STRIKE A GREAT BODY OF ORE; 4 SHAFTS AND 12 OR 13 PITS.

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.

Reporter information

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

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