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Drake Mine

Past Producer in Morris 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106383
MRDS ID W055195
Record type Site
Current site name Drake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.7257, 40.85139 (WGS84)
Elevation 308

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

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 37 TO 51% FE SURROUNDING ROCKS AVERAGED 20.5% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.7257, 40.85139
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Dip 50-65 SE
    Thickness 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1854
Year of first production 1854
Year of last production 1870

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • BY 1855 VEIN HAD BEEN EXPLORED FOR A LENGTH OF 100 FT BY 18 FT DEEP. AROUND 1870 A 700 FT LONG TUNNEL WAS DRIVEN INTO HILLSIDE. 1986 SEVERAL LARGE PITS AND TUNNEL ARE VISABLE

Comments on development

  • DISCOVERED IN SEPT. 1854 ON LAND OF A.A. DRAKE. OPERATED TILL 1855. REOPENED 1870 BUT SOON CLOSED

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 328

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

  • Deposit

    KITCHELL, WILLIAM 1856, SECOND ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, FOR THE YEAR 1855; PG 177

  • Deposit

    N.J. DEPT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY, MINE SAFETY SECTION; 1978, ABANDONED IRON MINES OF MT. OLIVE, ROXBURY, MT. ARLINGTON TOWNSHIPS MORRIS COUNTY N.J. 1978; PG. 7

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 5 VEINS VARIED 3.5 TO 8 FEET WIDE

Reporter information

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

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