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Lowrance 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021756
MRDS ID DE01147
Record type Site
Current site name Lowrance Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.7357, 40.9125 (WGS84)
Elevation 216
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • FOUND NO SIGN OF MINE IN THIS AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1868 ANALYSIS YIELDED 65.6% FE3O4, 25.4% SIO2+ INSOL., 3.9% S, 0.0% P2O5
Result 47.5% METALLIC IRON.

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) -74.7357, 40.9125
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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 1855

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Jersey, Department Of Environmental Protection
    Home office Labor & Industry Building ,John Fitch Plaza Trenton, Nj. 08625

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL OPENINGS BEFORE 1855. FOUND NO SIGN OF MINE.

Comments on development

  • MAY HAVE BEEN AN EXPLORATION PIT.

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.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS PYRITIFEROUS. ONE OR TWO PARALLEL SEAMS OF ORE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-87 Kaeding, Margaret E. New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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