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Budd 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106384
MRDS ID W055199
Record type Site
Current site name Budd Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.68515, 40.78222 (WGS84)
Elevation 259
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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

  • NEW HOUSING ON SITE. 1000 FT TO SE ARE SEVERAL SMALL PITS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN AN EXTENSION OF MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

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) -74.68515, 40.78222
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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 1873

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chester Iron Co.

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS WORKED BY CHESTER IRON COMPANY ON THE LAND OF DANIEL BUDD

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. 463-464

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. 1868, GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY; PG. 558

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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