Righter 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 10106376
MRDS ID W055099
Record type Site
Current site name Righter Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.46264, 40.955 (WGS84)
Elevation 232

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boonton(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Morris

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result DEPOSIT CONTAINS A SMALL AMOUNT OF TITANIUM

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Quartz Oligoclase Gneiss
    Rock description Quartz Oligoclase Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.46264, 40.955

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 87 NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • LINEATION IN THE HOST GNEISS PLUNGES 23 DEGREES NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1872

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Koehler, Herman J.
    Home office 3rd. Split Rock Rd., P. O. Box 521, Boonton, Nj 07005

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE IS A 60 FOOT DIAMETER ADIT AT THE BASE OF THE HILL, ABUTTING THE RIVER TRAIL PLUS A 20 FOOT PIT 100 FT UP THE HILL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS WIDELY-SPACED 1" THICK SEAMS OF MAGNETITE IN GNEISS. WALL ROCKS CONTAIN DISSEMINATED MAGNETITE.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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