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Fisher Exploration

Occurrence 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 10082437
MRDS ID W055176
Record type Site
Current site name Fisher Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.84071, 40.79778 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 1500 FEET SE OF FISHER MINE

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

  • ALONG ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS SCATTERED THROUGH GNEISS AND IN QUARTZ

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) -74.84071, 40.79778
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Chalemin
    Home office 105 Kings Highway Long Valley NJ

Comments on the workings information

  • A PIT 6 FEET IN DIAMETER AND CAVED IN TO WITHIN 8 FEET OF SURFACE. LARGE TAILINGS INDICATE THAT HOLE WAS QUITE DEEP

Comments on development

  • NO RECORDS AVAILABLE BUT SINCE IT IS CLOSE TO FISHER MINE IT WAS PROBABLY MADE AROUND SAME TIME

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO RECORD OF EXPLORATION FOUND DURING FIELD CHECK OF OTHER MINES ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

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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