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Wrightenour Mine

Past Producer in Passaic 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102191
MRDS ID DE01545
Record type Site
Current site name Wrightenour Mine
Alternate or previous names Henderson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.30402, 41.12194 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wanaque(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(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 Passaic

Comments on the location information

  • MAY HAVE BEEN THE SAME AS MONK'S MINE; NOW FILLED IN BY CONSTRUCTION WORK FOR RESERVOIR. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE WAS S FREE BUT CONTAINED

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.30402, 41.12194
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Greenwood Lake Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Jersey
    Home office Harrison Mt Lake Trenton, NJ

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 12.19M

Comments on development

  • PREVIOUSLY WORKED BY HENDERSON

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

    COOK, GEORGE H. 1881. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1881.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-87 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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