Crestmore Mine

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082502
MRDS ID W055256
Record type Site
Current site name Crestmore Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.81016, 40.7475 (WGS84)
Elevation 171

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE OCCURS IN BLUEISH SPECKS IN GNEISS

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.81016, 40.7475

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Lanterman, Kenneth
    Home office 103 Beacon Hill Rd., Califon, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE OPEN PIT APPROX. 1/10 ACRE IN SIZE WATER FILLED

Comments on development

  • NO HISTORY AVAILABLE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF LABOR & INDUSTRY, MINE SAFETY SECTION, 1977, ABANDONED IRON MINES OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY 1977; PLATE 1

  • Deposit

    NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMANENT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON; MAP 24.14

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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