Teabo 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102162
MRDS ID DE01310
Record type Site
Current site name Teabo Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.55015, 40.91694 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(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 :(197?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FROM 1871-1879, 144,766 TONS WERE PRODUCED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1910 ANALYHSIS YIELDED 69.25 FE2OE, .26 MN2O3, 4.48 AL2O3, 3.40 CAO, 1.98 MGO, .102 S, 1.62 P2O5, 17.77 SIO2

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Biotite Gneiss
    Rock description Biotite Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.55015, 40.91694

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike }N40-45E
    Dip }55 SE
    Plunge 20
    Plunge direction NE
    Thickness 10.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1825
Year of last production 1907

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas Iron Co.
    First year 1902
    Last year 1907
  • Type Owner
    Owner Clinton Associates
    Home office C/O Moskowitz, G. 600 Third Ave. New York., Ny. 10016

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 243.84M
    Overall length 1219.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO MAIN SHAFTS WERE NO. 5 WHICH WAS OVER 800 FEET DEEP AND NO. 3 WHICH WAS GREATER THAN 425 FEET DEEP. SHAFT NO. 4 WAS GREATER THAN 625 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY GLENDON IRON COMPANY FROM 1850 TO 1890.

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 1987.

  • Deposit

    XIMS, P.K., 1958. GEOLOGY AND MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE DOVER DISTRICT, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 287.

  • Deposit

    COOK, G.H., 1868. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1868.

  • Deposit

    PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT THE NJGS IN TRENTON, NJ.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE GENERALLY FINELY GRANULAR MASSIVE BLOCKY MAGNETITE WITH APATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

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