Pardee 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 10082305
MRDS ID W055026
Record type Site
Current site name Pardee Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.48486, 41.00167 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCED 2500 TONS BETWEEN 1870-1872; TOTAL PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT 5000 TONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Chalcedony Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Mica Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Mixed Gneiss
    Rock description Mixed Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.48486, 41.00167

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 75-90 SE
    Plunge 25
    Plunge direction NE
    Width 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST WAS ALTERED; AMPHIBOLITE WEATHERING TO CHLORITE WITH IRON STAINING. SAME AMPHIBOLITE ASSOCIATED WITH ORE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1870
Year of last production 1884

Land status

Ownership category Military Reservation

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mutual Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Picatinny Arsenal; Military Reservation

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 137.16M
    Overall width 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR CONTACT OF THE GNEISS WITH THE GREEN POND CONGLOMERATE. ORE CONTAINED MICA AND HORNBLENDE; POCKETS OF ORE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY MAGNETITE & CHALCEDONY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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