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Kishpaugh 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082375
MRDS ID W055113
Record type Site
Current site name Kishpaugh Mine
Related records 10082379

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.94182, 40.88722 (WGS84)
Elevation 232

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blairstown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(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 :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONTAINED CONSIDERABLE MICA AND HORNBLENDE; PASSED THE BESSEMER LIMIT ON P; EVEN AT DEPTH ORE WAS SO SOFT ONLY OCCASIONAL BLASTING WAS NEEDED.

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result 1873: FE 54.25%
Result P .128%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.94182, 40.88722
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 35 SE; 1882 SHAFT 28 SE
    Length 213.36M
    Width 15.24M
  • Dip 35 SE; 1882 SHAFT 28 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURED IN DISTINCT SHOOTS, PITCHING SW. ORE WAS DISINTEGRATED TO OVER 100 FEET IN DEPTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1871
Year of last production 1900

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pilling And Crane
    First year 1900
  • Type Owner
    Owner Michael Baskinger 253 Crooks Ave Clifton, Nj
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE OF MOST PRODUCTIVE MINES IN NEW JERSEY. VEIN WAS TRACED FOR A LENGTH OF 700 FEET AND EVEN FURTHER TO THE SW WHICH WAS OPENED BY THE COOK SHAFT IN 1881. IN 1882 EXPLORATIONS NE OF MAIN SHAFT FOUND A SHOOT 90 FEET HIGH AND 18 FEET WIDE. IN 1884 THE MINE WAS SOLD TO THE COOK MINE AND WERE OPERATED TOGETHER. 1882 A SHAFT NE OF COOK SHAFT HIT ORE AT 285 FEET AND CONTINUED FOR 26 FEET WITHOUT STRIKING THE FOOT WALL. IN 1890 IT WAS LOWERED TO 350 FEET PENETRATING THE DEPOSIT

Comments on development

  • 125,000 TONS OF ORE WAS PRODUCED FROM 1871-1900. FIRE DESTROYED MACHINERY & OUTBUILDINGS IN 1900 AND SHORTLY AFTERWARDS THE MINE WAS FLOODED FROM AN OLD OPENING, FULL OF WATER. MINE WAS ABANDONED

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; PP 235-237

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B. 1890, THE MINING INDUSTRY; ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1900 PG 205

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WAS 50 FEET WIDE AT THE SURFACE DIMINISHING TO 8 TO 20 FEET AT DEPTH.

Reporter information

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

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