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Petty Mine

Past Producer in Hunterdon 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082330
MRDS ID W055055
Record type Site
Current site name Petty Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.09404, 40.63917 (WGS84)
Elevation 259

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(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 Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • TOP OF MTN IN NORTH END OF FIELD APPOX. 100 YDS FROM ROAD ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE NOTABLE FOR ITS CONTENT OF NI; 40 TONS OF ORE WAS RAISED IN 1880

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1899 ANALYSIS: FE 54.37%
Result SIO2 14.87%
Result NIO2 .63%
Result MGO 5.31%
Result AL2O3 .40%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.09404, 40.63917
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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
Discovery year 1880
Discoverer David Mccrea
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edward Wallenjack Po 116 Whitehouse, N. J.

Comments on the workings information

  • NO DESCRIPTION OF WORKINGS RECORDED. ALL THAT IS PRESENT NOW IS A FILLED IN DEPRESSION WITH A DUMP PILE

Comments on development

  • MRS. ELIZABETH PETTY LEASED THE LAND TO MCCREA WHO OPENED MINE IN MARCH, 1880 CLOSED IN JUNE TO HAVE MACHINERY PUT IN FOR PUMPING AND HOISTING, NO RECORD OF IT REOPENING

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, PG 294

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

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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