Gulick Farm Mines

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082461
MRDS ID W055205
Record type Site
Current site name Gulick Farm Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.71681, 40.775 (WGS84)
Elevation 250

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FROM 1881-1884 9,000 TONS OF ORE MINED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Augite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1884 ANALYSIS SHOWED 48.0% FE, 0.47% P, 1.5%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Mixed Gneiss
    Rock description Mixed Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.71681, 40.775

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NE
    Dip 60 SE
    Length 243.84M
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOST IS VERY ALTERED

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 1886

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Iron Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 106.68M
    Overall width 12.19M

Comments on the workings information

  • 60 FOOT SHAFT WITH SHORT DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • SECONDARY, SMALLER VEINS TO THE WEST WERE TESTED BY A NUMBER OF PITS THAT DISCLOSED A SERIES OF SMALL ORE SHOOTS

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;

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1873. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS SOFT AND OXIDIZED AT SURFACE, REDUCED AT DEPTH. CONTAINED PYROXENE; AUGITE, AND BIOTITE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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