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Sloat Farm 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021900
MRDS ID DE01547
Record type Site
Current site name Sloat Farm Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.26208, 41.08139 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wanaque(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

  • FILLED IN BY LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

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
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.26208, 41.08139
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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 1882
Year of last production 1907

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Wallace
    Home office 109 Skyline Dr.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR PITS ARE PRESENT; NORTHERN PIT WAS MORE EXTENSIVELY WORKED.

Comments on development

  • IN 1907 TWO OPENINGS AND FRESH DUMPS WERE FOUND, INDICATING THAT THE MINE WAS RE-OPENED SOMETIME AFTER 1882.

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit COUNTRY ROCKS OF HORNBLENDE GNEISS HAVE A GRADATIONAL CONTACT WITH THE ORE.

Reporter information

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

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