Cobb Mine

Past Producer in Morris 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 10082365
MRDS ID W055100
Record type Site
Current site name Cobb Mine
Alternate or previous names Split Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.44069, 40.96583 (WGS84)
Elevation 293

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boonton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATED AT 25,000 TONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 59.79% FE, 0.426%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.44069, 40.96583

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 E
    Dip 70 SE
    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 1868
Year of last production 1881

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Judge Cobb
  • Type Owner
    Owner Jersey City Division Of Water. 575 Nj St Highway Rt 440, Jersey City, Nj 07305

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 36.58M
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE VEIN WITH DEEP SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS USED BY WILSON FURNACE AT SPLIT ROCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS GRANULAR MAGNETITE WITH UP TO 1% APATITE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.