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Collis Farm Exploration

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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106385
MRDS ID W055204
Record type Site
Current site name Collis Farm Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.69459, 40.78806 (WGS84)
Elevation 265
Location accuracy 250(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

  • SMALL SLAG PILES BUT NO PITS OR SHAFTS

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 70 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.69459, 40.78806
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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 1873
Year of last production 1873

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Coleraine Iron Co.

Comments on development

  • IN 1873 SHAFT REACHED 45 FEET DEEP

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

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1873. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUND ONLY SMALL DEPRESSIONS; NO MAJOR SHAFTS LEFT

Reporter information

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

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