Green Pond Mines

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 10082310
MRDS ID W055032
Record type Site
Current site name Green Pond Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.46847, 41.0075 (WGS84)
Elevation 293

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

  • IN 1872 3,000 TONS WERE MINED; IN 1900 1,200 TONS WERE MINED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Augite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 51.33% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Mixed Gneiss
    Rock description Mixed Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.46847, 41.0075

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 25 DEGREES TO 4 DEGREES SE
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to bottom 21.34M

Comments on the geologic information

  • NEAR CONTACT OF GNEISS AND GREEN POND CONGLOMERATE. ORE REPLACES PYROXENE SKARN. SULPHIDES ARE POST-MAGNETITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1872
Year of last production 1900

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Carteret Steel Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hess, Richard C.,
    Home office 17 Pepperidge Rd., Morristown, Nj 07960

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 10.67M
    Overall width 10.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL WORKINGS IN 1873 WERE AN OPEN CUT. MINING OPERATIONS HAVE NOT PENETRATED BELOW DEPTHS OF 350 FEET. NOW THERE IS A 35 FOOT DIAMETER WATER-FILLED SHAFT AND TWO DEEP GARBAGE-FILLED SHAFTS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONTAINED CLINOPYROXENE, ORTHOPYROXENE AND GREEN MICA W/LOW P

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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