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Derrenberger Farm Exploration

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. 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 10082427
MRDS ID W055166
Record type Site
Current site name Derrenberger Farm Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.81292, 40.79778 (WGS84)
Elevation 311

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)

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

  • NEW HOME BEING BUILT ON PROPERTY; RUINS OF OLD HOTEL ON PROPERTY, SAID TO HAVE BEEN BUILT ON WHERE MINE OPERATED ALTHOUGH A PIT IS EVIDENT TO SE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS USED AT THE CHESTER FURNACE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.81292, 40.79778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1883
Year of last production 1883

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Emmanuel Bible Church
    Home office Bountiful Dr., Rd3 Hackettstown, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE 30 FOOT SHAFT MENTIONED ALONG WITH NUMEROUS PITS

Comments on development

  • JOHN P. SHARP OWNED PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE FARM OF THE LATE JOHN DERRENBERGER (1883)

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 322

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1883, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1883; PG 125

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS BROWN AND GRANULAR AT SURFACE BUT CHANGED TO THE USUAL BLUE ORE AT A DEPTH OF 30 FEET

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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