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Dickerson Farm Mine

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198731
MAS/MILS ID 0340270040
Record type Site
Current site name Dickerson Farm Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.70489, 40.785 (WGS84)
Elevation 271
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) -74.70489, 40.785
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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 1870

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Peter Wendell Estate
    Interest 100
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1944
  • Type Operator
    Owner Seals And Thomas (Formerly)
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 3000 TONS OF MAGNETITE ORE. THE RESULTS DIP-NEEDLE SURVEY OF 1944 ARE NOT ENCOURAGING AS FAR AS RESERVES ARE CONCERNED. THE MINE IS NEARLY EXHAUSTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 91.1044, 1944, 5 P.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, P 433.

Reporter information

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

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