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Ringwood Mine-Cannon 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021903
MRDS ID DE01553
Record type Site
Current site name Ringwood Mine-Cannon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.27569, 41.13194 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood Lake(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

  • MINE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED OVER. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • APPROX. 200 TONS WERE MINED BEFORE 1855

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1880 ANALYSIS YIELDED 55.25% FE AND 1.567% P.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.27569, 41.13194
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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 1855
Year of last production 1879

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Borough Of Ringwood
    Home office 60 Margaret King Ave. Ringwood, Nj. 07456

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONLY THING REMAINING IS SOME TAILINGS. MINE HAS BEEN DEVELOPED OVER.

Comments on development

  • IN 1855 THE LONDON COMPANY WORKED THE MINE.

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 1987.

  • Deposit

    HOTZ, P.E., 1952, MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE STIRLING LAKE NY RINGWOOD NJ AREA: GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL: 987-F.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-87 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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