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Jackson 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021763
MRDS ID DE01256
Record type Site
Current site name Jackson Mine
Alternate or previous names Axtell Mine, Pompton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.30791, 40.99333 (WGS84)
Elevation 82
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

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

  • AREA IS BEING DEVELOPED; COULDNT FIND THE MINE SO IT'S PROBABLY IN DEVELOPED AREA. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 500 TONS MINED IN 1873.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 73.15% FE3O4, 0.54% P2O5, 0.06%

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) Boonton Formation
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT IS CUT BY COARSE GRANITE OR PEGMATITE CONTAINING MAGNETITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1862
Year of last production 1873

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sutherland And Axtell
  • Type Owner
    Owner Hugo J. And Joanne S. Nykamp
    Home office 125 Newbury Place Riverdale, Nj. 07457

Comments on development

  • OPENED BY JOSEPH H. JACKSON AS POMPTON MINE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINALD 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.

Reporter information

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

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