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Butler 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10056407
MRDS ID TC00076
Record type Site
Current site name Butler Mine
Alternate or previous names Butler/ Sloat Farm Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.21707, 41.10028 (WGS84)
Elevation 338

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bergen(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ramsey(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

  • IN BASIN BETWEEN Q DE FIERRO AND Q. CAMBANA ALONG EAST SIDE OF CORDILLERA DE NANGUIPA. IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE CREST OF THE CORDILLERA DE NANGUIPA.
  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(195?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN SUMMER OF 1873 50 TONS OF ORE MINED; IN 1880 280 TONS OF ORE WAS REMOVED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.21707, 41.10028
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.35M

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOME PEGMATITE FOUND IN FLOAT.
  • SKARN ROCKS CONTAINING GOLD ALONG A 1.5 KM ZONE BY 150 METER APPARENTLY CONTROLLED BY A ZONE OF BRECCIA. SETTING IS A LARGE XENOLITH. DEPOSIT LIES WITHIN A SKARN SEQUENCE IN CONTACT WITH QUARTZ - FELDSPAR INTRUSIVES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Galloway, R. F.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bergen County Park, Bergen County

Comments on the production information

  • MANY SMALL MINERS, MILLING FREE GOLD. AN ESTIMATED 1 MILLION OUNCES OF GOLD HAVE BEEN MINED. CURRENT PRODUCTION AVERAGES 50 G/TON. MERCURY IS COMMONLY BEING USED IN PLACERS. LOCALLY GRADES UP TO 1000 G/T AU. ANNUAL PRODUCTION (1994) FROM THE DISTRICT IS ESTIMATED TO BE ON THE ORDER OF 200.000 OZ AU PER YEAR.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • POTENTIAL IS LARGE - NO KNOWN OR MEASURED RESERVES
  • RESERVES ESTIMATED AT 300-900 TONS OF AU.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 198.12M
    Overall width 91.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SMALL MINING OPERATIONS IN AREA, BOTH UNDERGROUND AND PLACER.
  • WORKINGS WERE COMPRISED OF PITS AND TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • GOLDFIELD IS EXPLORING MAIN GOLD SKARN ZONE. NORTHERN CONCESSIONS COVER AND AREA OF 7,400 HECTARES.

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

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1879: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1600'S
Deposit EXTENDS OVER AN AREA 25 KM N-S AND 2-3 KM E-W.
Deposit THE DEPOSIT, AND FOUR ADDITIONAL PROSPECTS ALONG STRIKE, ARE HOSTED IN A STRUCTURAL ZONE WITHIN A LARGE XENOLITH IN THE INTENSLY ALTERED ZAMORA BATHOLITH. KNOWN OVER A 1.5 KM DISTANCE. THE DEPOSIT HAS POTENTIAL TO BE +25,000,000 TONS. GRADES BEING MINED TODAY ARE LIKELY 1/2 TO 1 OZ. RECOVERY BY AMALGAMATION IS POOR. THERE IS NO MINE PLAN. MANY SMALL MINERS ARE FOLLOWING WHATEVER THEY CAN FIND.
Deposit THREE VEINS WERE UNCOVERED, VARYING IN WIDTH FROM 3 TO 11 FEET WIDE.
Deposit RECORD DE01528 HAS BEEN COMBINED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1989 Gair, Jac U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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