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Wildcat 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. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021765
MRDS ID DE01258
Record type Site
Current site name Wildcat Mine
Alternate or previous names Kitchell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.45791, 41.02083 (WGS84)
Elevation 287
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est In Newfoundland Area

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newfoundland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(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

  • NOT ON BAYLEY'S MAP, SO COULDN'T LOCATE. NE OF HOWELL TRACT EXPLORATIONS ON EAST SIDE OF COPPERAS MOUNTAIN.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SHIPPED 60 TO 70 TONS OUT.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 65% FE, NO S.

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) -74.45791, 41.02083
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 40 SE
    Plunge 22
    Plunge direction NE

Comments on the geologic information

  • VEIN OF CALCITE 1 INCH THICK PRESENT IN TUNNEL THAT APPEARED TO HAVE FORMED ALONG A FAULT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1877
Year of last production 1886

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Kitcvhell Mining Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 22.86M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT AND 40 FT TUNNEL; 5 PITS

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., 1887. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1886.

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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