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Gaffney Mine

Past Producer in Sussex 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 10021704
MRDS ID DE01088
Record type Site
Current site name Gaffney Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.67015, 40.99833 (WGS84)
Elevation 317

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Sussex

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Alaskite
    Rock description Alaskite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.67015, 40.99833
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THICK QUARTZ VEINS ARE PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1874
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Harrisburg Steel Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Township Of Byram
    Home office 10 Mansfield Dr. Stanhope, NJ 07874

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M

Comments on the workings information

  • REMAINING TODAY: A) A 6' X 10', DEEP WATER-FILLED SHAFT WITH ADJACENT TAILINGS HEEPS, B) A COLLAPSED 5' DIAMETER PIT, C) A 25' DIAMETER DEEP WATER-FILLED POOL WITH STEEPSIDE BUT NOT TAILINGS NEARBY AND D) ANOTHER COLLAPSED 5' DIAMETER PIT.

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS GOOD QUALITY; SHIPPED TO ANDOVER

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.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1879. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR OF 1879.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRONG LINE OF ATTRACTION EXTENDS 800 FEET NE OF THE PITS.

Reporter information

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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