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Topping Mine

Past Producer in Morris 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106381
MRDS ID W055188
Record type Site
Current site name Topping Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.70403, 40.78667 (WGS84)
Elevation 268

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(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 :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • LARGE QUANITY MINED IN 1873; 1880 875 TONS MINED AND USED AT CHESTER FURNACE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1880: FE 55.84% S 0% P 0.086%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.70403, 40.78667
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE BANDED WITH MICA AND PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1873
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW TRIAL PITS MADE IN 1873, FILLED IN SAME YEAR. BY 1880 THERE WERE 2 SHAFTS: ONE 50 FEET DEEP HITTING ORE SIX FEET WIDE, ONE STRUCT 3 FEET OF ORE. 1985 SEVERAL OPENINGS EVIDENT LARGEST 4 FT WIDE 9 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • OPENED BY UNION IRON COMPANY HIGH BRIDGE NJ, CLOSED IN 1873 BY PANIC. REOPENED AND WORKED FOR 4 MONTHS IN 1880 BY WILLIAM TAYLOR & CO, CHESTER. REOPENED AND CLOSED IN 1883 WHEN EXPLORATION WORK PROVED FRUITLESS

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; PG 434

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1873, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1873; PP 32-33

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 2 DEPOSITS, ONE 5 TO 6 FEET WIDE. SE VEIN WAS CONTINUATION OF SAMPSON MINE NW VEIN WAS ON THE DICKERSON FARM VEIN

Reporter information

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

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