Split Rock Pond 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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082364
MRDS ID W055098
Record type Site
Current site name Split Rock Pond Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.43652, 40.97722 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boonton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(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

  • GENERAL LOCATION ON ISLAND IN CENTER OF RESERVOIR; SIMS CLAIMS NOTHING IS LEFT, COULD NOT GET TO ISLAND ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FROM 1879-1880 APPROX 560 TONS MINED; TOTAL PRODUCTION APPROX 5,000 TONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite
    Rock unit name Franklin
    Rock description Franklin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.43652, 40.97722

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 4.27M
    Depth to top 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1873
Year of last production 1880

Mining district

District name Dover District

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. S. Decamp
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jersey City Division Of Water; 575 Nj St., Highway Rte 440, Jersey City, Nj 07305

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO BODIES WERE DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT 100 FEET DEEP. NORTH OF THE SHAFT, NEAR CHARLOTTESBURG ROAD A NUMBER OF PITS WERE DUG, ALMOST ALL FINDING ORE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ORE BODIES ARE 50 FEET APART; THE EASTERN BODY IS 14' WIDE AND THE WESTERN BODY 7 FEET THICK, ALTERNATING WITH GRANULAR ORE AND MICA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-86 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

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