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Canistear Mine

Past Producer in Passaic 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 10021847
MRDS ID DE01472
Record type Site
Current site name Canistear Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.47597, 41.1125 (WGS84)
Elevation 384

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newfoundland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(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 Passaic

Comments on the location information

  • 3 VEINS WERE EXPLORED; OPERATIONS CONSISTED OF 4 VERTICAL SHAFTS, THREE IN LINE AND ONE IN THE HANGING WALL SIDE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS LEAN WITH SOME PYRITE; 1880-10,000 TONS PRODUCED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGED 35% FE, .08% P, .94%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.47597, 41.1125
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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 1870
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Franklin Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner City Of Newark, Division Of Water
    Home office 1294 Mcbride Ave. Little Falls, Nj.07424

Comments on the workings information

  • OPERATIONS CONSISTED OF 4 VERTICAL SHAFTS; THREE IN LINE AND ONE IN THE HANGING WALL SIDE.

Comments on development

  • IN 1880 APPROXIMATELY 10,000 TONS RAISED.

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

    FIELD CHECKED 1986.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H., 1873. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873, PAGE 85.

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, 1982. ABANDONED IRON MINES OF SUSSES COUNTY NEW JERSEY.

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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