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Hoit 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 10082354
MRDS ID W055086
Record type Site
Current site name Hoit Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.96682, 40.8375 (WGS84)
Elevation 262

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

  • PART OF OXFORD BELT ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE IS COMPACT AND BANDED CONTAINING IRREGULAR MASSES OF GARNET

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Augite Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Analytical data

Result FE 61.69

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.96682, 40.8375
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 30 SE; STEEPER WITH DEPTH
  • Dip 30 SE; STEEPER WITH DEPTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1870
Year of last production 1875

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Pequest Mining Co.
    First year 1873
  • Type Owner
    Owner Propsner, A. E.
    Home office Rd1 Belvidere, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • SLOPE WAS 100 FEET LONG WITH A DRIFT CUT ABOUT 70 FEET INTO THE VEIN GOING SW. 1985 LARGE SHAFT WITH TUNNEL RUNNING SOUTH VISIBLE. OWNER SAYS HE BELIEVES IT CONNECTS WITH HENRY TUNNEL TO SOUTH

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 259-260

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1873, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873, PP 80-81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY IS EITHER PART OF AN ANTICLINAL FOLD OR NEAR A THROW IN THE VEIN BECAUSE IT IS ARCHED.

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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