Mine detail: Mount Pleasant Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.90083, -74.56681

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Apatite, Biotite, Calcite, Chalcedony, Microcline, Pyrite, Siderite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1786
Last production ended: 1896

Geology

Host rock:Amphibolite
Host type:Hornblendite,Gneiss

References

MRDSDE01292
DEP10021796
Reference{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:: SIMS, P.K, 1958. GEOLOGY AND MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE DOVER DISTRICT, MORRIS COUNTY NJ GEOL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 287.}{Deposit:: STATE OF NJ DEPT. OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY 1978. ABANDONED IRON MINES OF ROCKAWAY TWP, MORRIS COUNTY N.}{Deposit:: COOK, GEORGE H., 1868. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1868.}{Deposit:: COOK, GEORGE H., 1879. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879.}{Deposit:: SMOCK, JOHN C., 1890. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1890.}
ReporterKaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.)