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Davis 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082390
MRDS ID W055129
Record type Site
Current site name Davis Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.90516, 40.91944 (WGS84)
Elevation 323
Relative position PART OF JENNY JUMP STATE FOREST

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

  • PART OF JENNY JUMP BELT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE CONTAINED PYRITE AND CALCITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hematite Gangue
Malachite Gangue
Mica Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Talc Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Franklin
    Rock description Franklin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.90516, 40.91944
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip SE
    Width 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HANGING WALL IS AN IMPURE LIMESTONE

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 1883

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Tretheway For A. Pardee And Co.
    First year 1883
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Jersey
    Home office New Jersey

Comments on the workings information

  • BY THE END OF 1873 A SHAFT 25' DEEP WAS SUNK. SMALL QUANITY OF ORE WAS RAISED IN 1880 AND 1881. 1883 ANOTHER SHAFT WAS SUNK FURTHER EAST DOWN THE SLOPE OF THE RIDGE

Comments on development

  • AZARIAH DAVIS OWNED PROPERTY DURING PERIOD OF MINES OPERATION

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; PG 216

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    CHESTER, ALBERT H. 1900, MINERALOGICAL NOTES AND EXPLORATIONS, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1900; PG 177

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1883, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1881; PG 143

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1873 SHAFT HIT A LAYER OF ORE 1 FOOT WIDE AT 25 FEET DEEP. 1883 A SHAFT HIT 7 FEET OF ORE

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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