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Marble Mt. Mine

Past Producer in Warren 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082297
MRDS ID W055016
Record type Site
Current site name Marble Mt. Mine
Alternate or previous names Fulmer's Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.18961, 40.71361 (WGS84)
Elevation 158

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Easton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Warren

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Conglomerate
    Rock unit name Franklin
    Rock description Franklin

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.18961, 40.71361
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike AVG N 50 E
    Dip AVG. 60 SE
    Thickness 3.35M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS IN CONGLOMERATE AND SHALE ASSOCIATED WITH MARBLE. ORE OCCURS AS REPLACEMENT OF THE SHALE AND IN THE INTERSTICES IN THE CONGLOMERATE. MARBLE OCCURS NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE ORE ZONE, BUT NOT IN CONTACT WITH IT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1860
Year of last production 1887

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Iron Mountain Mining Co., Phila., Pa
  • Type Owner
    Owner Peoples Water Co., Phillipsburg, N. J.

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SEVERAL SHALLOW PITS, A SHORT TUNNEL 60' X 16' WIDE AND A PIT 25' SQUARE AND 20' DEEP. 1985 TUNNEL OPENING CLOSED UP BUT MEASURES 16' X 16'. SMALL PITS SE OF TUNNEL; MUCH MATERIAL AND ORE AROUND.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS OPENED IN 1860 BUT LITTLE ORE WAS FOUND; REOPENED IN 1880 BUT WAS NOT EXTENSIVELY WORKED UNTIL 1886; 1000 TONS OF ORE MAY HAVE BEEN SHIPPED.

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 1910

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H., 1887, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1886, PP. 153-54

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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