Dehart Mine

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082409
MRDS ID W055148
Record type Site
Current site name Dehart Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.60098, 40.84222 (WGS84)
Elevation 311

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1880 ANALYSIS YIELDED 50.7% FE, 0.633% P, TRACE TIO2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.60098, 40.84222

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 53 E
    Dip 80-85 SE
    Plunge direction NE
    Width 4.27M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1886

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Keiper And Boyer, Nyc
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fitch, Lee And Merkel, Sallie
    Home office 1399 Sussex Turnpike, Randolph, Nj 07869

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 19.81M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL PITS; TWO GARBAGE FILLED

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY READING IRON COMPANY IN 1880

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MOST ORE IS OXIDIZED SURFACE MATERIAL, UNDERLAIN BY REDUCED ORE IN 4 VEINS. OXIDIZED ORE IS FOUND UP TO 40' DEEP; REDUCED ORE IS SULPHUROUS. MAGNETITE IS IN LAYERS UP TO 6" THICK.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.