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Cooper 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082463
MRDS ID W055207
Record type Site
Current site name Cooper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.67987, 40.7975 (WGS84)
Elevation 268

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

  • NOW FILLED IN (SINCE NOVEMBER 1985) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 90,000 TONS OF ORE MINED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Mica Gangue

Analytical data

Result OXIDIZED ORE: 66.33% FE, 0.078% P
Result REDUCED ORE: 61.59% FE, 4.62% S, 0.047% P

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) -74.67987, 40.7975
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 45 SE
    Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1879
Year of last production 1885

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooper Iron Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lane, R., Sherman, Joseph And Rubin
    Home office 6 Elm St., Oakland, Nj 07436

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 446.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • NOW SHAFTS ARE COMPLETELY FILLED IN; LITERATURE SAYS THERE WERE A NUMBER OF LARGE PITS AND SHAFTS. BY 1880 SLOPE WAS 90 FEET DEEP. BY 1883 SLOPE HAD REACHED 150 FEET WITH OTHERS AT 103', 82' AND 40'

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;

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1880. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1880

  • Deposit

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

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OXIDIZED TO A DEPTH OF 74 FEET. ORE HAS BANDS OF MICA

Reporter information

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

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