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Asbury 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082335
MRDS ID W055062
Record type Site
Current site name Asbury Mine
Alternate or previous names Lake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.99571, 40.68056 (WGS84)
Elevation 253

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

  • NORTHERN OPENINGS WERE KNOWN AS THE LAKE MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS LEAN; 1,000 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED BETWEEN 1854-1868

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Hornblende Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Leithsville Formation
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 60 SE
    Width 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1854
Year of last production 1879

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner R. A. Laity And Edward Moyle West End Iron Co.
    First year 1879
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ulmer, Anna
    Home office Rr1, Asbury, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • A TUNNEL 100 FEET LONG RAN INTO THE SIDE OF THE HILL CUTTING THE STRATA TO THE VEIN. IT THEN EXTENDED DOWNWARD 130 FT TO A 6 FOOT WIDE VEIN. TO THE SOUTH OF TUNNEL, HIGHER ON THE HILL, ORE WAS MINED BY SEVERAL OPEN CUTS. TUNNEL AND NUMEROUS PITS ARE STILL VISIBLE (1985)

Comments on development

  • WORKED BETWEEN 1854 AND 1868; REOPENED IN 1879 FOR A FEW WEEKS

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 296-297

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1879, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1879; PP. 65-66

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO MAGNETIC LINES COULD BE TRACED IN EITHER DIRECTION BUT THERE WAS ATTRACTION AT THE MINE

Reporter information

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

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