Mine detail: Drake Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 40.85139, -74.7257

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Magnetite
Orebody form: VEIN
Discovery year: 1854

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1854
Last production ended: 1870

Geology

Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSW055195
DEP10106383
Reference{Deposit:: BAYLEY, WILLIAM S. 1910, IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PG 328}{Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED 1986}{Deposit:: KITCHELL, WILLIAM 1856, SECOND ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY, FOR THE YEAR 1855; PG 177}{Deposit:: N.J. DEPT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY, MINE SAFETY SECTION; 1978, ABANDONED IRON MINES OF MT. OLIVE, ROXBURY, MT. ARLINGTON TOWNSHIPS MORRIS COUNTY N.J. 1978; PG. 7}
ReporterSimonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.)