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Titman Shaft

Past Producer in Warren 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082283
MRDS ID W044997
Record type Site
Current site name Titman Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.02127, 40.8325 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Relative position 100 FT SW FROM HOUSE ACROSS ROAD. HOUSE IS ORIGINAL TITMAN HOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belvidere(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Warren

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Hardyston
    Rock description Hardyston

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.02127, 40.8325
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1873
Year of last production 1874

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Manzo Contracting
    Home office Highway 34 Box 341, Matawan, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS VISABLE ONE 20' IN DIAMETER BY 10' DEEP, THE OTHER IS 20' NORTH AND IS VERY SMALL. DUMP CONTAINS ONLY GRAY SLATE

Comments on development

  • ONLY A SMALL QUANITY OF ORE WAS FOUND; TITMAN OWNED LAND IN 1873

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910, MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PP 86-87

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1873, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873, PG 76

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OCCURRED IN A GRAY SLATE LYING BETWEEN GNEISS ON THE SOUTH AND KITTATINNY LIMESTONE TO THE NORTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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