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Connet 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082399
MRDS ID W055138
Record type Site
Current site name Connet Mine
Alternate or previous names Water Street Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.55959, 40.79306 (WGS84)
Elevation 134

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)

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 :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • YIELDED 4,500 TONS ANNUALLY WHEN ACTIVELY OPERATED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Hornblende Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.55959, 40.79306
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike SE
    Dip 45 SW
    Plunge direction SE
    Width 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1869
Year of last production 1875

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Brookside Community Club. E. Main St., Brookside, Nj 07926

Comments on the workings information

  • FIRST OPENINGS WAS A 200 FT TUNNEL EXTENDED LATER TO 300 FT. SECOND OPENING WAS A 500 FT TUNNEL BENEATH THE FIRST.

Comments on development

  • ORE SENT TO MUSCONETCONG IRON WORKS AT STANHOPE

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., 1873. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONTAINED HORNBLENDE AND PYROXENE

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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