Charlottesburg Mine

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10106364
MRDS ID W055029
Record type Site
Current site name Charlottesburg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.43152, 41.01889 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newfoundland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Morris

Comments on the location information

  • NOW UNDER RESERVOIR ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOTAL ESTIMATED PRODUCTION 100,000 TONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Mica Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Serpentine Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1880 ANALYSIS YIELDED 58.15% FE, 0.151%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.43152, 41.01889

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 75 SE
    Plunge direction NE
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • DEPOSIT CUT OFF AT SOUTH BY A FAULT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1765
Year of last production 1888

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooper, Hewitt And Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Newark Municipal Utility Authority
    Home office C/O A La Morte. 1294 Mcbride Ave., Little Falls, Nj 07424

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE NEAR FOOTWALL IS VERY RICH. ORE CONTAINED MICA, HORNBLENDE, PYRITE, PLAGIOCLASE, FELDSPAR AND SERPENTINE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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