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Saint George 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021904
MRDS ID DE01554
Record type Site
Current site name Saint George Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.27458, 41.13139 (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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1873 ANALYSIS YIELDED 94.66% FE2O3, 2.50% P2O5 AND NO S.

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) -74.27458, 41.13139
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1863

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Clemeth R And Margaret G Degroat
    Home office 38 Van Lunk Lane Po Box 52 Ringwood, Nj. 07456

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., 1953, MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE STIRLING LAKE, NY RINGWOOD, NJ AREA: GEOL SURVEY BULL. 982-F.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON TREND WITH CANNON MINE VIEN

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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