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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082351
MRDS ID W055082
Record type Site
Current site name McKinley Mine
Alternate or previous names Slope No. 3

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.99377, 40.79611 (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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS SO MIXED WITH ROCK THAT CAREFUL HAND-COBBING WAS NECESSARY TO RAISE IT METALLIC CONTENT TO 53 PERCENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.99377, 40.79611
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike NS
    Dip 45 TO 56 EAST
    Width 3.05M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE HAS A VERY IRREGULAR CONTACT WITH WALL ROCK

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1883
Year of last production 1905

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Empire Steel And Iron Co., Catasauqua, Pa.
    First year 1904
  • Type Owner
    Owner Velencei, John
    Home office Daly Road, Far Hill, NJ

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 213.36M
    Overall depth 152.4M

Comments on the workings information

  • AFTER THE MINE WAS REOPENED IN 1899 THE OLD SLOPE WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CROOKEDNESS SO IN 1902 A NEW SHAFT WAS SUNK 125 FEET SOUTH OF OLD SLOPE, IT WAS CALLED THE MCKINLEY MINE. THE OLD WORKINGS WERE ENCOUNTERED AT 186 FEET. THE TOTAL DEPTH OF THE SHAFT WAS 615 FEET. 1985 A SHAFT 100 FEET IN DIAMETER BY 100 FEET FILLED WITH WATER & GARBAGE IS VISIBLE WITH NO ORE TAILINGS

Comments on development

  • OPENED 1883 RAN CONTINUOUSLY TILL 1895 WHEN OPERATORS FAILED. WAS REOPENED IN 1899 AND RAN TILL 1905. SLOPE NO. 3 SHAFT SUNK IN 1883, MCKINLEY IN 1901

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 247-248

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT BOTTOM OF MCKINLEY SHAFT THE DEPOSIT HAD A DIP OF 56 DEGREES EAST. NEAR SURFACE THE DIP WAS 45 DEGREES EAST AND THE PITCH 34 DEGREES NORTH

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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