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Keeler 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102194
MRDS ID DE01559
Record type Site
Current site name Keeler Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.26958, 41.13889 (WGS84)
Elevation 165

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)

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

  • MINE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED OVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BY 1855 5,000 TONS HAD BEEN MINED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1873 ANALYSIS YIELDED 78.3% FE2O3, 3.39% P2O5, 0.01%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.26958, 41.13889
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 63 SE
    Plunge 40
    Plunge direction NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1873

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner London Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Borough Of Ringwood
    Home office 60 Margaret King Ave. Ringwood, Nj. 07456

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 21.34M
    Overall depth 4.57M
    Overall length 21.34M
    Overall width 6.1M

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 1986.

  • Deposit

    HOTZ, P.E., 1953. MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE STIRLING LAKE, NY - RINGWOOD, NJ AREA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL 982-F.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1883. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1883.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PEGMATITE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORE.

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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