Topping Mine

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223145
MAS/MILS ID 0340270084
Record type Site
Current site name Topping Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.70399, 40.7856 (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) -74.70399, 40.7856

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Year of first production 1874

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner R. C. Howell
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Filiberto
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1944
  • Type Operator
    Owner Taylor, William J. And Co. (Formerly)
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1944

Comments on the production information

  • A LARGE QUANTITY OF MAGNETITE ORE WAS MINED, BUT NO DATA IS ABLE EXCEPT THAT 875 TONS WERE PRODUCED IN 1880. THE MAGNETIC SURVEY OF 1944 DISCLOSED NO SIGNIFICANT ORE BOD

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM, REGIONAL FILE NO.E-1046, 1944, 5 P.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, P 434.

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.