New Jersey · Morris County
Past Producer

Mount Olive Mines

Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Iron
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Description

Anthony A. Drake

Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeUnknown
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsUnderground
Orebody formVEIN
Ore controlOre Contained Pyrite That Was Being Altered To Limonite By Downward Percolating H2o
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1848
Last production1886
Identification
Deposit ID10082456
MRDS IDW055198
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates40.845, -74.7332
References
BAYLEY, WILLIAM S. 1910, IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PP 326-327FIELD CHECKED 1986KITCHELL, WILLIAM 1856, SECOND ANNUAL REPORT ON THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY FOR THE YEAR 1855; PP. 175-179COOK, GEORGE H. 1884, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF N.J., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1884; PG 97COOK, GEORGE H. 1887, GSNJ, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1886; PG 148