Hubbard & North River 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 10021805
MRDS ID DE01304
Record type Site
Current site name Hubbard & North River Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.58765, 40.89611 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

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

  • MINE PRODUCED ABOUT 95,000 TONS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

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) -74.58765, 40.89611

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N42E
    Dip 30-45 SE
    Width 4.27M

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 1868

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner N. J. Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Borough Of Wharton
    Home office Wharton Township, Nj.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL EXCAVATED TRENCHES AND PITS WITH LARGE TAILINGS PILES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOOTWALL ROCK WAS A COARSE GRANITE.

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

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