David Horton 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 10082405
MRDS ID W055144
Record type Site
Current site name David Horton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.60348, 40.84139 (WGS84)
Elevation 293
Location accuracy 50(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mendham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(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 :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1873 ANALYSIS YIELDED 68.48% FE3O4, 3.01% P2O5

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Qtz-Oligoclase Gneiss
    Rock description Qtz-Oligoclase Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.60348, 40.84139

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1873

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brussel, Marvin And Richard, 45 Temple Place, Passaic, Nj 07055

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE FIVE NARROW VEINS WERE WORKED THROUGH FOUR SHAFTS; THE DEEPEST WAS 100 FT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIVE VEINS; MOST ORE WAS MIXED WITH PYRITE AND APATITE, FORMING THIN LAYERS IN THE GNEISS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.