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Baker Mine, Lower Hill

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 10021800
MRDS ID DE01299
Record type Site
Current site name Baker Mine, Lower Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.60653, 40.87694 (WGS84)
Elevation 226

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)

Raritan(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 :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION LESS THAN 150,000 TONS; AVERAGE YIELD 14,500 TONS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 35-40% FE, LOW

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.60653, 40.87694
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 2.44M

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 1883

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lackawanna Iron And Coal Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ruth Stahl
    Home office 2600 Netherland Ave. Suite 1825 Bronx, Ny. 10463

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • HUGE WORKINGS; SEVERAL LARGE, DEEP PITS STILL PRESENT, WITH LARGE TAILINGS PILES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.0 New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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