Goble Mine

Past Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021731
MRDS ID DE01120
Record type Site
Current site name Goble Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.6157, 41.00472 (WGS84)
Elevation 354
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position Est 500 Ft., Est 500 Ft., Est 500 Ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franklin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(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 :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1868 ANALYSIS FROM DUMP YIELDED 60.4% FE.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.6157, 41.00472

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1868

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Buttonwood Investment Partners
    Home office 167 Franklin Turnpike Waldwick, Nj. 07463

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 13.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • 8 X 10 FOOT SHAFT REACHED A DEPTH OF 45 FEET. 400 YARDS SOUTH WAS ANOTHER OPENING WHERE A SMALL AMOUNT OF ORE WAS REMOVED.

Comments on development

  • CLOSED BY 1868

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

    NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, 1982. ABANDONED IRON MINES OF SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS "BLACK AND TOUGH". MAINLY A MIXTURE OF MAGNETITE AND HORNBLENDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-87 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.