Huff Mine

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10021789
MRDS ID DE01284
Record type Site
Current site name Huff Mine
Alternate or previous names Hoff Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.56737, 40.90056 (WGS84)
Elevation 198

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover(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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(197?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOTAL YIELD UP TO 1880 WAS 78,000 TONS; AROUND 1910 AVERAGE ANNUAL YIELD WAS 12,000 TONS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1886 ANALYSIS YIELDED AN AVERAGE OF 45% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.56737, 40.90056

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 60 SE
    Plunge 35
    Plunge direction NE

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 1910

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Andover Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner New Jersey Department Of Transportation
    Home office Routes 80 And 15

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 99.06M

Comments on development

  • OPENED AND WORKED BY HUFF WHO SENT ORE TO PORT ORAM FURNACE UNTIL 1874. RUN BY CHESTER IRON CO. FROM 1879-1880.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SUCCESSION OF SHOOTS IN TWO VEINS SEPARATED BY 10-14 FEET OF ROCK. ORE WAS LEAN

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.