Dickerson 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 10082410
MRDS ID W055149
Record type Site
Current site name Dickerson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.60876, 40.86917 (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

  • FILLED IN AROUND 1935 BUT NOW BEING RE-EXCAVATED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • APPROX. 1,016,000 TONS OF ORE REMOVED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1868 ANALYSIS: (AVERAGE ORE) 96.0% FE3O4, 3.7% SIO2, 0.0% S, 0.6% P2O5

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) -74.60876, 40.86917

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Dip 60 SE
    Plunge 35-48 DEGREES
    Plunge direction NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1713
Year of last production 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Musconetcong Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Paschal, George And J. Paschal. 35 Thomastown Rd., Mine Hill, Dover, Nj 07801

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 396.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1883 A VERTICAL SHAFT WAS SUNK, CUTTING "SIDE VEIN" AT 550 FEET AND CUTTING "BIG VEIN" AT 750 FEET. DEPTH OF BIG MINE WAS ABOUT 1300 FEET

Comments on development

  • OPENED BY JOSEPH KIRKBRIDE; 1853 BOUGHT BY DICKERSON SUCCASUNNY MINING COMPANY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAIN ORE BODY LARGE IRREGULARLY-SHAPED LENS; SHARP CONTACT WITH THE SURROUNDING ROCKS; 3 VEINS JOINED AT DEPTH AND ALONG STRIKE INTO EACH OTHER

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

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