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Fittz Mine

Past Producer in Warren 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082282
MRDS ID W044996
Record type Site
Current site name Fittz Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.07182, 40.79861 (WGS84)
Elevation 110

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belvidere(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Warren

Comments on the location information

  • ADJOINS SHOEMAKER MINE ON THE NORTHEAST ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kittatinny Supergroup
    Rock description Kittatinny Supergroup

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.07182, 40.79861
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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 1889
Year of last production 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Van Buren Assoc.
    Home office 900 Rt 9 Woodbridge, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • LITTLE RECORD OF WORKINGS. OWNER STATES THAT THE ORE FROM HERE AND SHOEMAKER MINE WAS TAKEN FROM MINE BY TRESTLE, STORED BY HOUSE AND THEN TAKEN TO RAILROAD. ONE SHAFT 50' DIAMETER X 20' DEEP ALONG WITH 2 SMALLER SHAFTS ARE STILL VISABLE (1985)

Comments on development

  • GEORGE FRITTS OWNED IN 1889; BY 1908 IT HAD BECOME PART OF SHOEMAKER MINE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910, MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PG 57

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, JOHN C. 1890, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1890, PG 53

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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