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Kaiser Mine

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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082289
MRDS ID W055006
Record type Site
Current site name Kaiser Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.04071, 40.8125 (WGS84)
Elevation 158
Relative position 10 FEET EAST OF ROAD

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCT COULD NOT BE MARKETED WITHOUT CONCENTRATION. WHEN CONCENTRATED WAS 65% FE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.04071, 40.8125
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Thickness 3.35M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ROCK ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORE IS A MASSIVE POCHUCK GNEISS INTERBANDED WITH LAYERS OF A DARK MICACEOUS ROCK CONTAINING GARNET AND PYRITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1891

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lincoln Bessemer Ore Co., Kaiser Owner
    First year 1890
  • Type Owner
    Owner Schipper, Annemarie
    Home office 1275 Rock Ave North Plainfield, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • (1985) A LARGE DUMP IS VISABLE NEAR A DEPRESSION WHICH COULD HAVE BEEN THE SHAFT, DUMP CONTAINS GOOD QUALITY ORE

Comments on development

  • ONE SHAFT SUNK AT BASE OF HILL IN 1882 SOON CLOSED; REOPENED IN NOV. 1890 WAS TO EMPLOY 40 MEN BUT WAS NOT PROFITABLE, CLOSED 1891

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; PG 234

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, JOHN C., 1890, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1890, PG 53

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT WAS 11 FEET THICK BUT ON 5 FEET WAS GOOD ORE

Reporter information

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

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