| Deposit ID | 10021700 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01082 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Hude Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Stanhope Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.71515, 40.91667 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 268 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sussex(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Stanhope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)
Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)
Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Sussex |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | 1868 ANALYSIS YIELDED 72.0% FE2O3, 21.3% SIO2 & INSOL., 1.2% S AND 59.4 % METALLIC FE. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| Rock unit name | Pyroxene Gneiss;Amphibolite | ||
| Rock description | Pyroxene Gneiss;Amphibolite | ||
| |||
| (1) | -74.71515, 40.91667 |
|---|
| Dip | SE |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1790 |
| Year of last production | 1910 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Musconetcong Iron Works |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Robert H. Arnow |
| Home office | 1114 Ave. Of The Americas New York, Ny. 10036 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall length | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01082 |
BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING INNEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST.
FIELD CHECKED 1987.
COOK, GEORGE H., 1868. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1868.
COOK, GEORGE H., 1873. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873.
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY, 1982. ABANDONED IRON MINES OF SUSSEX COUNTY, NJ.
PERMANENT NOTES ON FILE AT THE NJGS, TRENTON, NJ.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SOME ORE WAS PYRITE-RICH; SOME ORE CONTAINED MOLYBDENITE & MOLYBDITE; PARTICULARLY NEAR PEGMATITE DIKES & FAULTS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1987 | Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) | New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography |
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