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Williams Mine

Past Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021815
MRDS ID DE01427
Record type Site
Current site name Williams Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.48458, 41.1525 (WGS84)
Elevation 408

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wawayanda(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Sussex

Comments on the location information

  • ROAD LEADS TO OLD WORKINGS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Amphibolite
    Rock unit name Amphibolite
    Rock description Amphibolite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.48458, 41.1525
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip NW TO STEEP SE
    Width 3.35M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1815
Year of last production 1883

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joseph Wharton
  • Type Owner
    Owner City Of Newark, Division Of Water
    Home office 1294 Mcbride Ave. Little Falls, Nj.07424

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 DEEP SHAFTS; TWO 5 FOOT DIAMETER PITS; ONE 10 FOOT DIAMETER SHALLOW PIT BORDERING A 7 BY25 FOOT DEEP PIT. NO HIGH TRAILINGS PILES.

Comments on development

  • WORKED BY POTTS & LINN IN 1873; THE ORE WAS SENT TO STOCKHOLM AT THIS TIME. IN 1883 JOSEPH WHARTON OF PHILADELPHIA MINED HERE FOR HIS HACKETTSTOWN FURNACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic 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., 1873. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1883. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1883.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EARLY ORE WAS S FREE; LATER IT CONTAINED SO MUCH PYRITE IT HAD TO BE ROASTED. VEIN IS IRREGULAR IN WIDTH.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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