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Osborne 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082452
MRDS ID W055193
Record type Site
Current site name Osborne Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.70376, 40.8675 (WGS84)
Elevation 332

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

  • NO EVIDENCE OF MINE. OWNER SAID SHAFTS FILLED IN BEFORE 1958 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1868 ORE AVERAGED 66.2% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.70376, 40.8675
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1848
Year of last production 1855

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 6 OR 7 LARGE PITS AND 1 SHAFT. WORKED TO A DEPTH OF 20 FT AND A DISTANCE OF 50 FT.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS CLOSED DUE TO INABILITY TO REMOVE LARGE INFLUX OF WATER

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 329

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1855 PG. 176

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEW JERSEY, DEPT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, 1978; ABANDONED IRON MINES OF MT. OLIVE, ROXBURY, MT. ARLINGTON TOWNSHIPS MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY; PG 18-19

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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