Brotherton 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 10082411
MRDS ID W055150
Record type Site
Current site name Brotherton Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.60403, 40.86944 (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

  • FROM 1879 TO 1880 650 TONS MINED PER MONTH; IN 1901 200 TONS RAISED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1880 ANALYSIS YIELDED 50.98% FE, 0.214% P AND TRACE TI

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

(1) -74.60403, 40.86944

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAGNETITE SHOWS A CLEAVAGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1855
Year of last production 1901

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Andover Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Anfran Realty Co., Inc.
    Home office 10-22 North Seventh St. Belleville, Nj 07109

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 182.88M

Comments on the workings information

  • BY 1880 5 SHAFTS WERE SUNK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO VEINS WERE WORKED; ONE WAS 2-5 FT WIDE. DEPOSIT IS LAYERS AND SEAMS OF MASSIVE MAGNETITE IN A HOST ROCK OF MICROANTIPERTHITE-QUARTZ GNEISS

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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