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Solomon 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 10082454
MRDS ID W055196
Record type Site
Current site name Solomon Mine
Alternate or previous names Salmon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.7307, 40.84778 (WGS84)
Elevation 311

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

  • NORTHEASTERN MOST PIT HAS BEEN FILLED FOR HOUSE DEVOLPMENT. MOST OTHER PITS WILL SOON BE FILLED ALSO ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • YIELDED 300 TONS OF ORE MONTHLY

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) -74.7307, 40.84778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Dip 42 SE
    Plunge 10 NE
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1886
Year of last production 1886

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Owned By Nancy Soloman And Operated By Wynokie Mining Co.
    First year 1886

Comments on the workings information

  • MINE WAS A SERIES OF SHALLOW PITS WITH ONE SLOPE 75 FT DEEP WITH A DRIFT FROM IT NE

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 328

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H. 1887, GSNJ, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1886; PG 151

  • Deposit

    NJ DEPT. OF LABOR & INDUSTRY, MINE SAFETY SECTION 1978, ABANDONED IRON MINES OF MT. OLIVE, ROXBURY, MT. ARLINGTON TOWNSHIPS MORRIS COUNTY NJ 1978; PP 4-5

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXTENSION OF MOUNT OLIVE MINE VEIN

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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