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Howell Tract Explorations

Past Producer in Morris 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 10082308
MRDS ID W055030
Record type Site
Current site name Howell Tract Explorations

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.45847, 41.01694 (WGS84)
Elevation 323

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newfoundland(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • NOT WHERE BAYLEY LOCATED IT; ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE ROAD. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 50 TO 100 TONS OF ORE RAISED FROM 1874 TO 1879.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

Analytical data

Result 55% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pyroxene Plagioclase Gneiss
    Rock description Pyroxene Plagioclase Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.45847, 41.01694
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 50 SE

Comments on the geologic information

  • FINER GRAINED AMPHIBOLITE ASSOCIATED WITH ORE AGAIN!

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1874
Year of last production 1885

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Decamp, William S.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Rca American Communications Inc.;
    Home office 400 College Rd., E. Princeton, Nj 08540

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 6.1M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on development

  • FOUR SHAFTS IN OPERATION IN 1885

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 1986

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1880. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1880

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONTAINED S AND P, ALSO.

Reporter information

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

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