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Staley 2

Past Producer in Warren 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. 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 10106371
MRDS ID W055073
Record type Site
Current site name Staley 2

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.99377, 40.79778 (WGS84)
Elevation 195

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Warren

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SIMILAR TO OTHER MINES IN AREA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.99377, 40.79778
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Economic information

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner D. I Farms (Eugene D'Altrui) River Road Belle Mead, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 PITS EVIDENT. LARGEST 15 FT DIAMETER BY OVER 68 FT DEEP MOSTLY WATER & DEBRIS FILLED (1986). TRENCH, WHICH MAY BE COLLAPSED SHAFT RUNS NORTH FOR 200 FT FROM MAIN PIT.

Comments on development

  • NO RECORD OF MINE, JUDGING BY SIZE AND ORE PILES IT WAS MORE THAN AN EXPLORATION. MINE LOOKS TO BE ABOUT SAME AGE AS OTHERS IN AREA BUT NOT AS OLD AS THE STALEY MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

Reporter information

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

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