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Rapp Mine

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Iron, Clay
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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 10106391
MRDS ID W055235
Record type Site
Current site name Rapp Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.17878, 40.62195 (WGS84)
Elevation 110

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riegelsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Warren

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Clay Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE FROM 1886, FE 56.71%
Result H2O 11.29%
Result P .050%
Result MN 1.19

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Kittatinny Supergroup
    Rock description Kittatinny Supergroup
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.17878, 40.62195
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1868
Discoverer Andrew Rapp
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1930

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Jersey Mineral Co.
    Home office Carpentersville, Nj
  • Type Owner
    Owner Frey, Robert
    Home office Rd 1 Box 351, Phillipsburg, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 62.18M

Comments on development

  • 1868 WAS MINED FOR LIMONITE TILL APPROX. 1885. REOPENED IN 1929 TO MINE OCHRE AND GANISTER CLAYS. 3000 TONS OF LIMONITE WAS SENT TO DURHAM FURNACE, PA. IN 1880

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY; VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, 1910; PG 64-65

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M., 1930, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S PERMANENT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    UNKNOWN AUTHOR, 1930, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY'S MINERAL PRODUCERS BY LOCALITIES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE NEAR CONTACT OF KITTATINNY LIMESTONE AND GNEISS. ORE IS UNEV ENLY DISTRIBUTED

Reporter information

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

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