West End Mines

Past Producer in Hunterdon county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10082331
MRDS ID	W055056
Record type	Site
Current site name	West End Mines
Alternate or previous names	Turkey Hill, Broderick Mine, Harris Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-75.04543, 40.65472 (WGS84)
Elevation	183

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

MANY NEW HOMES ARE BEING BUILT IN AREA AND MOST OF SHAFTS AND WORKINGS HAVE BEEN DESTROYED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Iron	Primary

Comments on the commodity information

ORE WAS BESSEMER GRADE; 12,000 TONS WAS PRODUCED ANNUALLY

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Magnetite	Ore
Calcite	Gangue
Hornblende	Gangue

Analytical data

Result	1880 SHAFT 1: FE 35.31%
Result	S .126%
Result	P .006%
Result	SHAFT 3 FE 30.45%
Result	SHAFT 4 FE 52.48%

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian

Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-75.04543, 40.65472	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

Strike N 75 E

Dip 60 SE

Width 12.19M

Strike	N 75 E
Dip	60 SE
Width	12.19M

Comments on the geologic information

MUCH OF DUMP MATERIAL ROCK IS A LIGHT-COLORED BYRAM GNEISS CONTAINING LAYERS OF MAGNETITE BORDERED BY SEAMS OF HORNBLENDE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1872
Discoverer	N.H. Heft
Year of first production	1872
Year of last production	1886

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Comments on the workings information

IN 1879 THE OPENINGS ON THE VEIN WERE A SLOPE 75' DEEP, CONNECTING WITH A SHAFT (NO. 1) 100' FURTHER NE, WHICH WAS 90' DEEP. NO. 2 SHAFT, 163' DEEP, WAS 630' FURTHER NE, AND NO. 3 SHAFT, 175' DEEP, WAS 380' NE OF THIS. SHAFT NO. 4 WAS 340' NE OF NO. 3 AND WERE CONNECTED BY UNDERGROUND WORKINGS. THE PRINCIPAL OPENING WAS NO. 4, WHICH WAS VERTICAL FOR 75' AND THEN INCLINED ON THE FOOTWALL 160'. THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE VEIN DEVEOLOPED ON THE PROPERTY WAS 4,450 FEET. ONLY WESTERN VEIN WAS REALLY WORKED. IN 1872 ONE SHAFT WAS 130' DEEP. 1885 A NEW SHAFT WAS SUNK TO 290 FEET.

Comments on development

WORKED BY G.M. MILLER & CO. IN 1879

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W055056

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BAYLEY, WILLIAM S. 1910, MINES & MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, PP 294-295
Deposit

FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	2 VEINS 60 FT APART WERE DISCOVERED. DEPOSIT VARIED FROM 6 TO 40 FT IN WIDTH

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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