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Dafford Mine

Past Producer in Hunterdon 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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082493
MRDS ID W055244
Record type Site
Current site name Dafford Mine
Related records 10082501

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.8371, 40.73944 (WGS84)
Elevation 183

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Califon(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 Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • LIMESTONE QUARRY NOW ON SITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCED 500 TONS OF ORE FROM 1879-1880

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.8371, 40.73944
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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
Discovery year 1871
Year of first production 1879
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Port Oram Furnace Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Melick, George
    Home office Oldwick, Nj

Comments on development

  • IN 1871 ABOUT 100 HOLES WERE SUNK IN EXPLORATION TO THE DEPTH OF 15 TO 40 FEET

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; PP 72-73

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1872, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST OF NEW JERSEY FOR THE YEAR 1872; PP. 21-23

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURS AT CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AN GNEISS. ORE FOUND IN SMALL MASSES OR CONCRETIONS, MIXED WITH YELLOWISH EARTH AND A WHITE SANDY CLAY

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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