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Stony Brook Mine

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082370
MRDS ID W055107
Record type Site
Current site name Stony Brook Mine
Alternate or previous names Pikes Peak Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.41736, 40.98917 (WGS84)
Elevation 265
Location accuracy 250(meters)

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

  • DEEP DEPRESSIONS BUT NO OBVIOUS PITS OR SLAG PILES; WIDE ROAD COVERS LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 100 TONS OF ORE MINED IN 1871

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1876 ANALYSIS YIELDED 89.33% FE3O4, AND NO S, TI AND P2O5

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.41736, 40.98917
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 60 SE
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • FOUND AMPHIBOLITE NEAR SUPPOSED LOCATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1770
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner M. J. Ryerson
  • Type Owner
    Owner Pepperidgre Tree Realty Corp. North Gate-Rt. 23 South, Kinnelon, Nj 07405

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE 5 OPENINGS, THE DEEPEST IS 30 FT. THE NORTHWEST PIT IS 75 FT LONG X 25 FT WIDE X 15 FT DEEP

Comments on development

  • FIRST OPENING WORKED BY THE LONDON COMPANY. M.J. RYERSON WORKED THE MINE FROM 1870-1880. THE ORE WAS SENT TO BLOOMINGDALE

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

    STATE OF NEW JERSEY DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, 1978. ABANDONED IRON MINES OF KINNELON, BOONTON, MONTVILLE AND RIVERDALE TOWNSHIPS, MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY

  • Deposit

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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-86 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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