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Tiger 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. 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 10082441
MRDS ID W055180
Record type Site
Current site name Tiger Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.68792, 40.7725 (WGS84)
Elevation 238

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(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 :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 300 TONS MINED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Biotite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE WAS QUITE SULPHUROUS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.68792, 40.7725
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1883

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Town Of Chester Tree Farm

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS VISIBLE (1985) WHICH SEEM TO HAVE BEEN EXPANDED INTO A GRAVEL PIT

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 467-468

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS EXPOSED IN WHAT APPEARS TO BE A GRAVEL PIT. ORE VERY WEATHERED WITH HIGH PYRITE CONTENT

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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