| Deposit ID | 10082474 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W055220 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Ramsey's Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.13572, 40.75056 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 122 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Warren(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bangor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)
Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)
Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Warren |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Kittatinny Supergroup | ||||||
| Rock description | Kittatinny Supergroup | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -75.13572, 40.75056 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1870 |
| Year of first production | 1870 |
| Year of last production | 1872 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 5.49M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W055220 |
BAYLEY, WILLIAM S. 1910, IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PG 52
FIELD CHECKED 1985
COOK, GEO. H., 1872, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST OF NEW JERSEY, FOR THE YEAR 1872; PP 31-32
BEERS, F.W. 1874, COUNTY ATLAS OF WARREN NEW JERSEY; PG 60
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1986 | Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) | New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography |
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