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Brewer 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. 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 10082290
MRDS ID W055007
Record type Site
Current site name Brewer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.01904, 40.82333 (WGS84)
Elevation 177
Location accuracy 25(meters)
Relative position Within 50 Ft

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

  • NO SHAFT FOUND ONLY TWO DUMPS WITH QUARTZ TAILINGS CONTAINED MINOR AMOUNTS OF MAGNETITE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SAID TO BE VERY LEAN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.01904, 40.82333
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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 1880
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Percarpio 72 Bald Eagle Hackettstown Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • DESCRIBED BY BAYLEY AS A SHAFT. TWO DUMPS ARE PRESENT AT LOCATION (1985) CONTAINING PEGMATITE MATERIAL

Comments on development

  • NOTHING IS KNOWN OF THE HISTORY OF THE PIT

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 234-235

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT NEAR THE CONTACT OF THE FRANKLIN LIMESTONE AND THE GNEISS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-86 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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