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Sampson 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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106382
MRDS ID W055192
Record type Site
Current site name Sampson Mine
Alternate or previous names Samson Or Skellenger Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.69876, 40.78389 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
Location accuracy 50(meters)
Relative position With 50 Yds

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

  • RESTAURANT NOW ON SITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1880 39,200 TON OF ORE SHIPPED TO DURHAM, PA., 1884 PRODUCED 8500 TONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1880: FE 51.39%, S 4.158%, P 0.097%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.69876, 40.78389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Dip SE TO STEEP NW
    Plunge 22 NE
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1867
Year of last production 1885

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooper, Hewitt And Co

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 106.68M
    Overall depth 86.87M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRE 1873 ORE REMOVED AT 100 FEET. BY 1883 REACHED 285 FT DEEP ALONG LENGTH OF 350 FEET WORKING A VEIN 3 TO 8 FT WIDE

Comments on development

  • IN 1873 WAS WORKED BY SAMSON IRON CO. IN 1880 WORKED BY COOPER, HEWITT & CO

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; PP. 435-436

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H. 1880, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1880; PG. 103

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H. 1884, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1884; PG 77

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-86 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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