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Skellinger 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 10082400
MRDS ID W055139
Record type Site
Current site name Skellinger Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Centroid
Geographic coordinates: -74.54437, 40.85449 (WGS84)
Relative position Original record had no coordinates, so this was plotted to the middle of the state/county area.

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

  • LARGE PIT, NOW WATER-FILLED, FOUND, PLUS SLAG PILES ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • THROUGH JUNE 1880 APPROX. 9840 TONS OF ORE WAS RAISED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

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

Centroid (1) -74.54437, 40.85449
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • EPIDOTE AMPHIBOLITE AND ALASKITE WERE ALSO FOUND IN SLAG PILES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1878
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Miller, Theodore. 10 Combs Ave. Rd #1, Mendham, Nj 07945

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE LARGE 60 FOOT DIAMETER WATER-FILLED SHAFT OR PIT FOUND BORDERED BY SLAG PILES

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

Reporter information

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

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