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Carwheel 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. 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 10082349
MRDS ID W055080
Record type Site
Current site name Carwheel Mine
Alternate or previous names Old Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.99543, 40.79556 (WGS84)
Elevation 201

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(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

  • DIFFICULT TO TELL CARWHEEL FROM NEW MINE SINCE THEY WERE SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS A FINELY GRANULAR TO COMPACT MAGNETITE WITH A PURPLISH TINGE. USED FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF CARWHEEL IRON, HENSE THE NAME

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result FE 54.84% P .151% S .225

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.99543, 40.79556
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NW
    Dip NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1775
Year of last production 1883

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oxford Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Velencei, John
    Home office Daly Road, Far Hill, NJ

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1868 ORE WAS REMOVED FROM A SHAFT FOR A DISTANCE OF 500 FEET ALONG THE VEIN AND AT PLACES TO A DEPTH OF 125 FEET. DEPOSIT CONSISTED OF A CURVED SHOOT. AFTER MINE CLOSED THE ORE REMAINING IN THE SHOOTS WAS MORE CONVENIENTLY REACHED FROM THE WELCH AND SLOPE NO. 3 OPENINGS. 1985 2 SHAFTS 50 FEET IN DIAMETER BY 20 FEET WITH LARGE WASTE PILES ARE VISIBLE

Comments on development

  • THE WESTERN END OF THE VEIN WAS WORKED DURING THE LATTER PORTION OF THE 18TH CENTURY BY OPEN PITS, A LARGE NUMBER WERE STILL VISIBLE IN 1868

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 245-247

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1883, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1883, PG 133

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT RAN PARALLEL TO THE NEW MINE VEIN. PITCHED STEEP TO THE SE AT 250 FEET DEPOSIT WAS 4 FEET WIDE

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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