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Blue Mine-New 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021905
MRDS ID DE01556
Record type Site
Current site name Blue Mine-New Mine
Alternate or previous names Blue Mine-Wood Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.27069, 41.13389 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position LOCATED 400 YARDS NE OF BLUE MINE

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

  • 300 TONS OF ORE REMOVED BY 1855.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.27069, 41.13389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 88SE
    Plunge 30
    Plunge direction NE
    Thickness 3.81M
    Width 7M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1854

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

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

Comments on development

  • OPENED BY THE TRENTON IRON COMPANY

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

    KUMMEL, H.B., 1855. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR OF 1855.

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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