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Naughright 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  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 10082429
MRDS ID W055168
Record type Site
Current site name Naughright Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.75292, 40.81167 (WGS84)
Elevation 287

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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 200 TONS RAISED IN 1870 TO 71; 1879 ORE WAS SHIPPED TO KEYSTONE FURNACE IN PA. ORE WAS HIGH IN TITANIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1878: FE3O4 89.39% S .27% P2O5 .16% TIO2 7.50%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.75292, 40.81167
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ne End Of Deposit Was Cut Off By Trap Dike

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 1883

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Richmond, Phila. Pa
    First year 1883
  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Lauder 334 Fairview Ave Long Valley, Nj.

Comments on the workings information

  • 1870-71 2 SHAFTS SUNK, ONE TO 140 FEET. 100 YDS W-NW OF THESE TWO SHAFTS, A SHAFT 30 FEET DEEP WAS SUNK. IN 1977 THE SHALLOW W-NW SHAFT MEASURED 20 FT IN DIAMETER BY 7 FEET DEEP LOCATED NORTH OF A NEW HOME. IT WAS FILLED IN DURING CONSTRUCTION. IN 1985 2 DEPRESSIONS FROM THE LARGER SHAFTS ARE STILL EVIDENT WITH TAILINGS PILES CONTAINING MAGNETITE IN A PINK GRANITE

Comments on development

  • WORKED 1870-71 SMALL SIZE OF VEIN AND DISTANCE TO CANAL OR RR CAUSED CLOSING; REOPENED A FEW YEARS LATER UNTIL EARLY PART OF 1879; REOPENED LATE IN 1879 BUT LITTLE WORK WAS DONE AND FINALLY CLOSED IN 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; PP 349-350

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    STATE OF N.J. DEPT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, 1977, ABANDONED IRON MINES OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ZONE WAS 20 INCHES TO 4 FEET THICK OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE ORE MIXED WITH ROCKS AND PYRITE. VEIN WNW WAS 8 FEET WIDE AT 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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