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Pitney 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 10082459
MRDS ID W055202
Record type Site
Current site name Pitney Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.73403, 40.75917 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 250(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(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

  • MANY SLAG PILES BUT NO OBVIOUS SHAFTS. ALSO, THERE'S AN OLD STONE FOUNDATION PRESENT. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ESTIMATED YIELD TO JUNE 1880 WAS 6700 TONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Plagioclase Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1880 ANALYSIS SHOWED 50.84% FE, 0.142% S AND 0.112%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.73403, 40.75917
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BLACK SMOKER DEPOSIT (POSSIBLY)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1873
Year of last production 1881

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooper, Hewitt And Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Benton, Thomas C. And Marilyn W.
    Home office 34 Vinton Rd., Madison, Nj 07940

Comments on development

  • ORE SENT TO PEQUEST FURNACE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST;

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1883. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1883

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOUND LOTS OF SLAG PILES OF HIGH GRADE ORE, BUT NO SHAFTS OR UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-86 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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