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Ford 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021767
MRDS ID DE01260
Record type Site
Current site name Ford Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.57653, 41.00139 (WGS84)
Elevation 366

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(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)

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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(195?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN 1886 WAS PRODUCING 1000 TONS A MONTH. FROM 1879-1883, 20,000 TONS OF ORE WAS REMOVED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1899 ANALYSIS YIELDED 53.89% FE, 0.498% S AND 0.319

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.57653, 41.00139
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 85 SE
    Plunge 38
    Plunge direction NE
    Length 121.92M
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GNEISS HOST.

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 1896

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Musconetcong Iron Works
  • Type Owner
    Owner Adam Scott Realty Corp. Inc.
    Home office 101 Eisenhower Pkwy. Roseland, NJ 07068

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENING MINED TO A DEPTH OF 104 FT IN 1855. VEINS SEPARATED BY 22 FT OF ROCK AT 1883 DEPTH. AT NE PART OF MINE, THE VEINS MEET AT A DEPTH OF 250 FT. SEVERAL DEEP SHAFTS WITH TAILINGS PILES FOUND.

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., 1884. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1884.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1886. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1886.

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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