| Deposit ID | 10102178 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01489 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Mount Hope Mine - Fowler Shaft |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.53653, 40.93639 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 262 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Morris(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Dover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Hackensack-Passaic(hydrologic unit)
Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Morris |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -74.53653, 40.93639 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1710 |
| Year of last production | 1969 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mount Hope Rock Products, Inc. (Mount Hope Mining Co.) |
| Home office | 625 Mt Hope Rd Wharton, Nj. 07885 |
| First year | 1890 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01489 |
BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST.
FIELD CHECKED 1987.
KUMMEL, H.B., 1890, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1890.
PERMANENT NOTES OF THE NJGS, ON FILE IN TRENTON, NJ.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1987 | Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) | New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography |
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