Riddle Mine

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10082285
MRDS ID W055000
Record type Site
Current site name Riddle Mine
Alternate or previous names Redell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.01849, 40.81528 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Relative position APPOX 1000' NE OF THE LITTLE MINE

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

  • PART OF THE BELVIDERE GROUP OF MINES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS LOOSE AND CRUMBLY; REQUIRED CAREFUL WASHING, WASHED PRODUCT WAS BESSEMER GRADE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1899: FE 34.93
Result MN .34%
Result CAO 10.09%
Result AL2O3 5.84%
Result S .380%
Result SIO2 29.54%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Franklin
    Rock description Franklin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.01849, 40.81528

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 60.96M
    Width 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1872
Year of last production 1891

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Riddle, George
    First year 1890
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rothman, Arthur
    Home office 3589 Richmond Ave Staten Island Ny

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 36.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 SHAFTS WERE SUNK IN THE DEPOSIT, THE DEEPEST WAS 120'. ALL THREE SHAFTS ARE STILL EVIDENT THE LARGEST IS NOW 18' IN DIAMETER 10' DEEP (1985)

Comments on development

  • CALLED REDELL MINE UNTIL 1890; NORTH PENN IRON COMPANY WORKED IT IN 1872, CLOSED IN 1873, REOPENED IN 1880, CLOSED; REOPENED IN 1890 BY CHAMPION STEEL ORE COMPANY BUT SOON CLOSED

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 208

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, JOHN C. 1890, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1890, PG 54

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H., 1873, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873, PG. 74

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DEPOSIT HAD CLAY WALLS ON BOTH SIDES

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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