Canfield 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082408
MRDS ID W055147
Record type Site
Current site name Canfield Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.61126, 40.87417 (WGS84)
Elevation 241

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE LOW IN P; IN 1873 6,000 TONS WERE REMOVED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

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) -74.61126, 40.87417

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 40 SE
    Width 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1870
Year of last production 1873

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. Canfield For The Dickerson Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ruth Stahl. 2600 Netherland Ave., Suite 1825, Bronx, Ny 10463

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 2 SHAFTS WERE DRIVEN WITH SOME PITS. THE 4-6 FT WIDE VEIN WAS ABOUT 200 FOOT WEST OF THE 20 FOOT WIDE VEIN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS DISSEMINATED IN RICH LAYERS

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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