Langdon-Pitney Mines

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10149896
MAS/MILS ID 0340270063
Record type Site
Current site name Langdon-Pitney Mines
Alternate or previous names Langdon, Pitney

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.73399, 40.7569 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 1000(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.73399, 40.7569

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1873

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • 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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM, REGIONAL FILE NO.E-1004, 1944, 9 P.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 460-462.

General comments

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.