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Cascade Mine

Past Producer in Sussex 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10102159
MRDS ID DE01087
Record type Site
Current site name Cascade Mine
Alternate or previous names Smith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.73765, 40.93389 (WGS84)
Elevation 223

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanhope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Sussex

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.73765, 40.93389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N
    Dip 35-45E
    Width 3.35M

Comments on the geologic information

  • 60 YARDS NORTH OF THE MAIN OPENINGS A THIN VEIN OF GOOD ORE WAS FOUND BUT NOT WORKED DUE TO IT'S SMALL SIZE. HORNBLENDE LENSES PRESENT.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1850
Year of last production 1883

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Jersey, Department Of Environmental Protection
    Home office Labor & Industry Building ,John Fitch Plaza Trenton, Nj. 08625

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 70.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • MANY SMALL AND SEVERAL LARGE EXCAVATED TRENCHES AND PITS WITH OVERGROWN TAILINGS PILES. ONE MAIN TUNNEL INTO A HILL OF ROCK IS 40 FEET BY 15 FEET AND VERY DEEP (ATER FILLED).

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY WORKED FOR ANDOVER FORGE

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 1987.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1873. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873.

  • Deposit

    DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, 1978. ABANDONED IRON MINES OF ANDOVER AND BYRAM TOWNSHIP, SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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