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Mitchell 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 10082356
MRDS ID W055088
Record type Site
Current site name Mitchell Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.91182, 40.81139 (WGS84)
Elevation 268

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • HUNDREDS OF TONS OF GOOD ORE WERE REMOVED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.91182, 40.81139
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • SHAFT HAD DISTURBED THE STRATA SO MUCH THAT THE GEOLOGICAL RELATIONS WERE NOT UNDERSTOOD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1870
Year of last production 1874

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Musconetong Iron Co.
    First year 1873
  • Type Owner
    Owner John Feller Mt. Bethel Road Port Murray N. J

Comments on the workings information

  • A LARGE OPEN CUT REMOVED ORIGINAL ORE. A SHAFT 100 FEET DEEP HAD LITTLE SUCCESS. 2ND SHAFT MET SAME FATE. AFTER SPENDING MANY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN EXPLORATION THE ATTEMPT TO FIND GOOD ORE IN PROFITABLE QUANITY WAS ABANDONED. OPEN PIT 50' LONG WITH LONG TAILINGS PILE STILL EVIDENT (1985)

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; PG 271

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873, COOK, G.H. PG 61-62

Reporter information

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

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