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Jenny Jump 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082378
MRDS ID W055117
Record type Site
Current site name Jenny Jump Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.93432, 40.90417 (WGS84)
Elevation 317
Relative position LOCATED ALONG NW SIDE OF ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blairstown(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

  • NEW HOUSING WILL SOON DESTROY ANY EVIDENCE OF MINE (1985) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Gneiss Gangue
Mica Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Franklin
    Rock description Franklin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.93432, 40.90417
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AREA IS QUITE RADIOACTIVE EAST FOR SOME DISTANCE, HIGHEST READING W/SCINTILLATOR IS APPROX 0.06

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 1900

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Louis Albergato
    Home office Rd 1, Great Meadows, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • ON NW SIDE OF ROAD ARE TWO PITS 6 FOOT IN DIAMETER MOSTLY FILLED WITH LARGE AMOUNT OF ROCK IN PILES. EAST SIDE OF ROAD IS ANOTHER PIT SAME SIZE

Comments on development

  • NOTHING KNOWN OF MINES HISTORY BUT MOST MINES IN AREA WERE OPENED AROUND 1870'S AND CLOSED BY 1900

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1981, 1982, 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND GNEISS

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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