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Black Hills 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 10082398
MRDS ID W055137
Record type Site
Current site name Black Hills Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.61487, 40.86611 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mendham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(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 :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1879-1880: 2,195 TONS MINED; 1900: 500 TONS MINED; TOTAL PRODUCTION: APPROX. 4000 TONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue

Analytical data

Result METAL CONTENT 43-45%

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) -74.61487, 40.86611
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 55 E
    Dip 80 SE
    Width 0.91M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAGNETITE HAS CLEAVAGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1879
Year of last production 1900

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Dickerson Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mine Hill Twp. Baker St., Mine Hill, Dover, Nj 07801

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 68.58M

Comments on the workings information

  • AT LEAST 3 SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS SENT TO A.PARDEE & COMPANY. ORE WAS MIXED WITH FOREIGN ORES TO MAKE BESSEMER STEEL

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

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1879. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, JOHN C., 1891. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST OF THE YEAR 1890

  • Deposit

    SIMS, P.K., 1955.

Reporter information

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

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