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Marsh 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 10082424
MRDS ID W055163
Record type Site
Current site name Marsh Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.81626, 40.81139 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hackettstown(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 :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS BLACK AND COMPACT IN SOME PLACES, IN OTHERS IT WAS CRYSTALLINE; BY 1868 4,000 TONS WERE MINED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Mica Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Syenite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1879: FE 57.62% S .055% P .167% TIO2 2.05%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.81626, 40.81139
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category State Forest

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Jersey, Department Of Environmental Protection
    Home office New Jersey

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 PITS-SW OPENING 125 FT LONG FROM 30 TO 40 FT DEEP, NW OPENING THERE WERE TWO DETACHED AND IRREGULAR ORE BODIES WORKED BY TWO SHAFT ONE REACHING 50 FEET IN 1882. 1985 A TUNNEL 30 FT IN, 15 FT HIGH AND 20 FT WIDE ALONG WITH A LARGE PIT 20 FT NORTH OF IT ARE VISIBLE. ANOTHER SHAFT IS APPOX 100 YDS NORTH OF PIT AND SOUTH OF STREAM

Comments on development

  • CLOSED SHORTLY AFTER 1855, REOPENED IN 1872-3

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; PP 314-315

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE ORE BODIES UNCOVERED: FIRST DIPPED 25-60 NE; SECOND DIPPED 40-50 NE; THIRD DIPPED 60-70 SW

Reporter information

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

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