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Mattison Mine

Past Producer in Hunterdon 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 10082361
MRDS ID W055095
Record type Site
Current site name Mattison Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.90266, 40.76028 (WGS84)
Elevation 251

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(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 Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1899: FE 35.42% P .006% S 4.03%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.90266, 40.76028
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lewis Barnes
    First year 1880
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fiduciary Trust (Mrs Plotts) 2 World Trade Center Ny Ny
    First year 1985

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT VISIBLE 8 FEET IN DIAMETER NOW FILLED TO WITHIN 4 FEET OF SURFACE. ORIGINAL SHAFT AT LEAST 20 FEET DEEP

Comments on development

  • LITTLE WORK WAS DONE. ORE ANALYSIS WAS MADE IN 1886 BY THOMAS IRON COMPANY IMPLYING ORE WAS PRODUCED

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 297

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1880, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1880, PG 124

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LINE OF ATTRACTION RUNS NE AND SW

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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