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Stoutenberg 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082428
MRDS ID W055167
Record type Site
Current site name Stoutenberg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.80181, 40.80167 (WGS84)
Elevation 302

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 USED AT STANHOPE FURNACES IN 1872; 1879 CARTED TO HIGH BRIDGE RR IN LONG VALLEY AND SHIPPED TO ALLENTOWN, PA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1873: FE 60.13% S .096% P .839%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.80181, 40.80167
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1872
Year of last production 1883

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Wharton, Joseph
    First year 1883
  • Type Owner
    Owner Alpha Construction Inc
    Home office N. Gate Rd Mendam, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINAL SHAFTS YIELDED 6700 TONS. 1877 NINE TRAIL PITS WERE DUG SW OF OLD MINE; IN ADDITION 2 SHAFTS, 35 FEET APART AND ABOUT 350 FEET SW OF OLD MINE WERE SUNK ONE REACHING 115 FEET AND THE SECOND REACHING 50 FEET. 1680 TONS WERE RAISED BY 1880. OTHER VEINS WERE EXPLORED BY PITS AND SHAFTS NORTH AND EAST OF MAIN WORKINGS. THE MINE HAD A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF WATER IN IT AND A SMALL ENGINE WAS USED TO PUMP WATER AND TO RAISE ORE. DUE TO THE WATER AND BECAUSE OF A SCARCITY OF WORKERS THE MINE CLOSED. DURING THE 1940'S ONLY A SMALL, LEAN DUMP WAS FOUND AND THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY SAID HE HAD FILLED 4 SHAFTS WITH STONE FROM OTHER DUMPS, COVERED THEM WITH SOIL FOR SAFETY AND TO MAKE FARM LAND. 1985 NUMEROUS DEPRESSIONS ARE EVIDENT ALONG WITH SOME LEAN ORE

Comments on development

  • OPENED OCT. 1872, IDLE FROM 1873 TO 1877; REOPENED, CLOSED IN 1880 REOPENED AND CLOSED FINALLY IN 1883

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 322-323

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    N.J. DEPT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY 1977, ABANDONED MINES OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1879, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1879; PP 67-68

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT FIRST WORKED WAS 5 TO 9 FEET THICK, DIP 35-40 S-SE. DIP CHANGED TO NW WITH DEPTH AND DISTANCE SW. 1877 WORKINGS HIT A DEPOSIT 1 TO 7 FT THICK, DIP-SE BECOMING STEEPER WITH DEPTH; FOOTWALL WELL DEFINED, HANGING WAS IRREGULAR. WHOLE AREA SEEMED TO BE UNDERLAIN BY SMALL DEPOSITS

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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