| Deposit ID | 10021813 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01425 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Lawson Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Lawless Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.66626, 40.945 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 335 |
| Location accuracy | 50(meters) |
| Relative position | Est (1000 Ft) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sussex(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Stanhope(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)
Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)
Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Sussex |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Result | ORE CONTAINED S AND T BUT WAS LOW IN P. |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Gneiss | ||||||
| Rock description | Gneiss | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -74.66626, 40.945 |
|---|
| Dip | SE |
|---|---|
| Width | 1.22M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1880 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01425 |
BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST.
FIELD CHECKED 1987.
COOK, GEORGE H., 1880. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1880.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE VEIN HAD WELL-DEFINED WALLS. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-87 | Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) | New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography |
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