White Meadow Mine

Occurrence in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10056402
MRDS ID	TC00070
Record type	Site
Current site name	White Meadow Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-74.50902, 40.92944 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(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	Morris

Comments on the location information

ON THE FLOOR OF BARRANCA DE COBRE

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

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-74.50902, 40.92944	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No

Mining district

District name	Dover

Comments on the workings information

THE RICHEST BODIES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE ZONE OF OXIDATION AT DEPTHS ABOVE 300 FT. MANY OF THE OLD MINES ARE INTERCONNECTED.

Comments on development

EXPLORATION IS HAMPERED BY ROUGH TERRAIN, LACK OF ROADS, AND THORNY BRUSH.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	TC00070

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BAGLEY, W.S., 1910, FINAL REPORT N.J. STATE GEOL., V. 7.
Deposit

SIMS, P.K., 1958, GEOLOGY AND MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF DOVER DISTRICT, MORRIS COUNTY, N.J.: U.S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 287, 162 P.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	OCCURRENCES HAVE BEEN FOUND IN AN AREA OVER 40 MILES IN LENGTH.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-SEP-1989	Gair, Jac	U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.