| Deposit ID | 10149896 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0340270063 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Langdon-Pitney Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Langdon, Pitney |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.73399, 40.7569 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 213 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Morris |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -74.73399, 40.7569 |
|---|
| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1873 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. M. Hildebrandt |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | New Jersey |
| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | L. W. Langdon And Sons (Formerly) |
| Home office | New Jersey |
| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | W. S. Taylor (Formerly) |
| Home office | New Jersey |
| Year | 1944 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cooper, Hewitt, And Co. (Formerly) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0340270063 |
WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM, REGIONAL FILE NO.E-1004, 1944, 9 P.
N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 460-462.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REF.700 ESTIMATES TOTAL PRODUCTION AT 25,700 TONS OF ORE. RESERVE ESTIMATES ARE 750000 TONS OF INFERRED ORE AT THE LANGDON MIN 210000 TONS OF INFERRED ORE AT THE PITNEY MINE THE ORE IS MOSTLY MAGNETITE, WITH SOME HEMATITE AT THE SURFA |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 02-NOV-83 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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