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New Stirling 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021804
MRDS ID DE01303
Record type Site
Current site name New Stirling Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.5857, 40.8975 (WGS84)
Elevation 232

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 :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyroxene Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINED 60% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.5857, 40.8975
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 20-48 SE
    Thickness 5.49M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1890
Year of last production 1900

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner County Concrete Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box F Kenvil, Nj. 07847

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE 30X60 FOOT PIT WAS FILLED WITH GARBAGE, PLUS THERE WAS A SECOND DEEP PIT AND SEVERAL OTHER SMALL PITS WITH LARGE TAILINGS PILES.

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY NJ IRON MINING CO AND LEASED TO THOMAS IRON CO JOINED WITH THE HURD MINE IN 1900.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT WAS 3 TO 18 FEET THICK

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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