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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082332
MRDS ID W055057
Record type Site
Current site name Bird Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.9246, 40.63444 (WGS84)
Elevation 73
Location accuracy 25(meters)
Relative position Within 50 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Bridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • AREA COVERED BY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, NO SIGNS OF MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • APPOX. 2000 TONS OF WASH AND LUMP ORE MINED ONLY 1/4 NEEDED WASHING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Rock unit name Martinsburg
    Rock description Martinsburg
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Ordovician
    Chronological age 360

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.9246, 40.63444
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE OCCURED NEAR JUNCTION OF BLUE KITTATINNY LIMESTONE AND RED SLA TE OF THE MARTINSBURG

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1873
Year of last production 1873

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner G. M. Conover And J. K. Large On Farm Of B. Bird
    First year 1873

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXCAVATION ABOUT 20 FEET DEEP

Comments on development

  • CLOSED BECAUSE OF THE PANIC OF SEPTEMBER 1873

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; PP 73-74

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1873, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873, PP 89-90

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUANITY OF ORE IN DEPOSIT WAS CONSIDERED LARGE, BELONGING TO A SINGLE BODY OR POCKET RATHER THAN DETACHED MASS

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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