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Eureka Mine

Past Producer in Warren 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082484
MRDS ID W055233
Record type Site
Current site name Eureka Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.76737, 40.90528 (WGS84)
Elevation 241
Relative position OVERLOOKS CANAL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tranquility(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Warren

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LEAN ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Microcline Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.76737, 40.90528
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1871
Year of last production 1871

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. E. P., State Of New Jersey

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS SMALL PITS LARGEST 6 FEET IN DIAMETER 4 FEET DEEP. TOWARDS TOP OF MOUNTAIN. SOUTHEAST, DOWN HILL, THERE ARE LIMESTONE PITS NEAR THE RUIN OF KILN BY MORRIS CANAL

Comments on development

  • LITTLE WORK DONE ON MINE SINCE IT FIRST OPENED

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 275

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1873, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1873; PG 275

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PROBABLY A MAGNETIC PEGMATITE. DEPOSIT OCCURS NEAR THE CONTACT OF KITTATINNY LIMESTONE AND BYRAM GNEISS

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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