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Hazard 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082316
MRDS ID W055039
Record type Site
Current site name Hazard Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.04182, 40.68944 (WGS84)
Elevation 110

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bloomsbury(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 :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.04182, 40.68944
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURS NEAR CONTACT OF LIMESTONE AND MARTINSBURG SLATE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1877
Year of last production 1877

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Bowser, Adam
    Home office Rd2 Asbury Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • LARGE HOLE 100' LONG AND 12' DEEP IN MIDDLE OF FIELD A PIT 10' IN DIAMETER FILLED IN IS LOCATED APPOX 1000' NE OF LARGE HOLE

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS ON LAND OF CHAS. HAZARD; MINE WAS NEVER EXTENSIVELY WORKED

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 69

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FARMER CLAIMS THAT HE WAS TOLD THAT ALOT OF ZINC WAS FOUND AT MINE (CANNOT CONFIRM THIS). HE STATES THAT THE SOIL AROUND PERIMETER OF MINE WILL NOT GROW ANYTHING EXCEPT ALPHA ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

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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