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Centennial 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102193
MRDS ID DE01555
Record type Site
Current site name Centennial Mine
Alternate or previous names Squier's Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.36347, 41.20028 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rondout(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Passaic

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOTAL YIELD OF 2,200 TONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1876 ANALYSIS OF SURFACE ORE: 48.16% FE, 3.02% S, 0.14% P, 0.0% TI, 0.0% MN

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.36347, 41.20028
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N38E
    Dip 80SE
    Width 11.58M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. H. Wright
  • Type Owner
    Owner Congregation Of The Sisters Of Mercy
    Home office 238 Longhouse Dr Hewitt, Nj. 07480

Comments on the workings information

  • BY 1875 THERE WERE 8 PITS AND CROSSCUTS.

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS USED AT GREENWOOD FURNACE.

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., 1879. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR OF 1879.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1880. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1880.

  • Deposit

    PERMANENT NOTES 1957. ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON, NJ.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE COMPOSED OF MAGNETITE AND CONSIDERABLE PYRITE. 5 VEINS, EACH 5 FT WIDE WERE FOUND AFTER DRIFT STRIPPING.

Reporter information

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

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