Gaffney Mine

Past Producer in Sussex 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. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150506
MAS/MILS ID 0340370048
Record type Site
Current site name Gaffney Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.67038, 41.99109 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ulster(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Willowemoc(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monticello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

East Branch Delaware(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Sussex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.67038, 41.99109

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ABANDONED IRON MINES OF NEW JERSEY;N. JERSEY DEPT OF

  • Deposit

    LABOR AND INDUSTRY,1978, OFFICE OF SAFETY COMPLIANCE

  • Deposit

    SUSSEX COUNTY

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-1983 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.

Coordinate doesn't match listed state

The coordinates (41.9911, -74.6704) appear to be in New York, but this record is listed as being in New Jersey. The location data may be incorrect.