Evers Mine

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10082395
MRDS ID W055134
Record type Site
Current site name Evers Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.60653, 40.86778 (WGS84)
Elevation 274

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mendham(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • FILLED IN COMPLETELY SINCE 1982 ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FROM JUNE 1879 TO JUNE 1880 2,500 TONS OF ORE MINED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1880 ANALYSIS YIELDED 47.86% FE, 0.086% P AND TIO2 PRESENT

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Quartz Plagioclase Gneiss
    Rock description Quartz Plagioclase Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.60653, 40.86778

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 0.46M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1883

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Savcon Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Philco, Inc. 25 Glen Rd., Mine Hill, Dover, Nj 07801

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 70.1M
    Overall length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • SERIES OF SMALL PITS; MINED FOR A LENGTH OF 300 TO 400 FEET AND TO A DEPTH OF 230 FEET

Comments on development

  • ORE USED AT FURNACE IN HELLERTOWN, PA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SMALL VEIN, BUT VERY RICH

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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