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Rodenbaugh Mine

Past Producer in Hunterdon county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082334
MRDS ID W055061
Record type Site
Current site name Rodenbaugh Mine
Alternate or previous names Rodenburg

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.99793, 40.67611 (WGS84)
Elevation 271
Relative position WITHIN 500 FT SOUTH OF ASBURY MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Bridge(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 Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • NUMEROUS PITS FROM ASBURY MINE TO RODENBAUGH MINE MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHERE ONE STARTS AND THE OTHER ENDS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF LEAN ORE SHIPPED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Hornblende Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) Leithsville Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1876
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner West End Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ulmer, Anna
    Home office Rr1, Asbury, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 OR 4 OPENINGS WERE MADE BETWEEN 1876 AND 1879 NONE OF THE OPENINGS WERE MORE THAN 25 FEET DEEP.

Comments on development

  • FIRST LEASED BY THEODORE HOFFMAN OF CLINTON N.J. WAS WORKED FOR ONE MONTH IN 1880 BY WEST END IRON COMPANY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S. 1910, IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PG 296

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1879, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1879; PG 65

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1880, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1880; PG 110

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 3 SHAFTS ORE DIPPED SE, AT WESTERN SHAFT IT DIPPED NW

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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