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Smith Mine

Past Producer in Morris 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082420
MRDS ID W055159
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.80153, 40.87306 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Relative position EAST OF FURNACE/KILN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hackettstown(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • 2 TRAILS AND OLD ROAD GO PAST PITS PART OF STEVENS STATE PARK ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS IMPURE IN PLACES, BUT GOOD ENOUGH IN OTHER PLACES TO SHIP TO SPARTA FORGES

Materials information

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

Analytical data

Result ORE WAS USUALLY A SUBMETTALIE NATURE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.80153, 40.87306
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1853
Year of last production 1868

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Allentown Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Jersey
    Home office New Jersey

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHAFTS WERE SUNK ONE 40 FEET DEEP; (1985) 5 SMALL PITS ARE VISABLE

Comments on development

  • OPENED AND WORKED 1853-55 BY SAMUEL C. SMITH. IT WAS LATER OPENED AND RUN BY THE ALLENTOWN COMPANY FOR TWO MONTHS

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 287

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1868, GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY; PP 620-621

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS BOUNDED BY SYENITE AND GRANITE

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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