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Passaic Mine

Past Producer in Sussex 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021814
MRDS ID DE01426
Record type Site
Current site name Passaic Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.67542, 40.93444 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanhope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(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 Sussex

Comments on the location information

  • AREA HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. NO SIGN OF MINE LEFT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneiss
    Rock description Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.67542, 40.93444
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1882

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joel A And Joyce A Bergen
    Home office 48 Broadway Hopatcong, Nj 07843

Comments on the workings information

  • AREA HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. NO SIGN OF MINE.

Comments on development

  • NO HISTORY 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

    ATLAS OF NJ, 1889. ON FILE AT THE JNGS, TRENTON, NJ.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

Reporter information

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

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