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Egbert Church 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 10082357
MRDS ID W055090
Record type Site
Current site name Egbert Church Mine
Alternate or previous names Egbert Mine, Smith Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.89738, 40.83194 (WGS84)
Elevation 283
Relative position WITHIN 200' OF ROAD, EAST SIDE

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

  • PRODUCED SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE, PYRITE WAS FOUND IN ALL ORE REQUIRING ROASTING

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result FE 47.37% S 4.010% P .418%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Hardyston Quartzite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 15 E
    Dip E SE
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1871
Year of last production 1876

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Smith, Gorkey And Sutton 1871-76
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bucary, Mary
    Home office Oxford, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENED BY 2 SLOPES 150 FEET APART. BY 1876 THE SHAFTS WERE 130 FEET DEEP WITH DRIFTS FOLLOWING THE ORE FOR 220 FEET. BOTH SHAFTS ARE VISIBLE ONE 12 FEET IN DIAMETER BY 20 FEET DEEP, THE OTHER 30 FEET IN DIAMETER FILLED TO WITHIN 4 FEET WITH ROCK

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 273-274

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1873, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873, PG 62

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LINE OF ATTRACTION EXTENDS NE AND SW OF MINE, BOTTOM OF SLOPES ORE WAS 6 TO 8 FEET WIDE, A SHORT DISTANCE ABOVE THIS WAS A PINCH WHERE ORE WAS A FEW INCHES THICK

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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