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Pikes Peak 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. 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 10021736
MRDS ID DE01126
Record type Site
Current site name Pikes Peak Mine
Alternate or previous names Franklin Iron Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.58765, 41.11222 (WGS84)
Elevation 165

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)

Rondout(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(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

Comments on the commodity information

  • BESSEMER QUALITY ORE; IN 1879 14,000 TONS PRODUCED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1868: 79.0% FE3O4, 3.5% MNO, 4.2% CAO, 3.9% MGO, 7.6% CACO3, 0.6 C, 0.4% H2O, - P2O5 AND

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Franklin Formation
    Rock description Franklin Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Hardyston Quartzite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Plunge direction NE
    Thickness 2.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE DEPOSIT IN THE GNEISS IS NEAR A CONTACT WITH MARBLE; THIS DEPOSIT IS CALLED THE "HILL" VEIN. THE LIMESTONE BODY HOLDS THE FURNACE ON PIKES PEAK MINE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1855
Year of last production 1881

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Franklin Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Franklin Revolver And Rifle Assoc.
    Home office P.O. Box 42 Franklin, Nj. 07416

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • PRINCIPAL OPENING WAS A SLOPE 300 FT LONG AT AN ANGLE OF 60 DEGREE. NOW THERE IS A GARBAGE-FILLED PIT WITH SOME TAILINGS ON THE SIDES OF THE ROAD THAT LEADS TO THE PIT.

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER 539 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

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 1879.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONTAINED GRAPHITE, MN AND CALCITE. CONTACT OF ORE WITH MARBLE HOST IS GRADATIONAL. ORE MASS IS THREE SHOOTS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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