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Kahart 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. 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 10021762
MRDS ID DE01255
Record type Site
Current site name Kahart Mine
Alternate or previous names Cahart Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.36458, 40.96 (WGS84)
Elevation 232

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pompton Plains(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Morris

Comments on the location information

  • NOW THERE ARE HOUSES; ALL BUT ONE PIT FILLED IN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 50 TONS WAS RAISED IN 1873

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1872 ANALYSIS YIELDED 52.34% FE, 0.17% P AND 1.23%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.36458, 40.96
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

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 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Sarah C. Lundberg
    Home office 6 Chilhowie Dr. Kinnelon, Nj. 07405

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY MINE HOLES BY 1873; ONE 5 FT DIAMTER SHAFT REMAINS PLUS SEVERAL SLAG PILES.

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., 1868. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1868.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1873. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO SHOOTS; ONE 3-6 FT WIDE, THE OTHER 3 FT THICK. COUNTRY ROCKS DIP NW. LARGE AMOUNT OF PYRITE PRESENT IN ORE.

Reporter information

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

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