Mine detail: Howell Tract Explorations

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Location: Morris County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 41.01694, -74.45847
dep_id: 10082308
mrds_id: W055030
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Magnetite
gangue: Biotite, Plagioclase, Pyroxene
work_type: Surface/Underground
Reporter: Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_unit: Pyroxene Plagioclase Gneiss
hrock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1874
yr_lst_prd: 1885
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 1986
  • Deposit:: COOK, GEORGE H., 1880. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1880
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