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Dickerson Farm 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 10082453
MRDS ID W055194
Record type Site
Current site name Dickerson Farm Mine
Alternate or previous names Dickerson Farm Explorations

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.70542, 40.78528 (WGS84)
Elevation 273

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 :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 3,000 TONS MINED IN 1890 TO CRANE IRON COMPANY OF NON-BESSEMER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result EARLY MINE ORE WAS LEAN MIXED WITH MICA & DECOMPOSED HORNBLENDE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.70542, 40.78528
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Comments on the ore body information

  • Orebody width measurement is from 1890

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 1890

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Seals And Thomas

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS IN 1870. BY 1873 WERE 80 FEET DEEP. NEW OPENINGS IN 1890 REACHED TO 25 FEET AND ONLY SURFACE ORE WAS REMOVED. 4 MEN EMPLOYED IN 1890 IN 1986 3 SHALLOW PITS FOUND MOSTLY FILLED IN. NO ORE AVAILABLE

Comments on development

  • OPEN FROM 1870-1873. CLOSED IN PANIC OF 1873. REOPENED IN 1890 ON LAND OF COL. DICKERSON BY SEALS & THOMAS CLOSED SHORTLY AFTER

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 433

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, JOHN C. 1891, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1890; PP 65-66

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHOOTS WERE FOUND TO BE SHORT IN 1883. 1890 VEIN 4 FEET WIDE LINE OF ATTRACTION WAS 300 FEET LONG

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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