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Lewis Mine

Past Producer in Morris 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082401
MRDS ID W055140
Record type Site
Current site name Lewis Mine
Alternate or previous names Heuick Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.61015, 40.80694 (WGS84)
Elevation 259

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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.61015, 40.80694
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.83M

Comments on the geologic information

  • LOTS OF AMPHIBOLITE AROUND

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner E. P. Merritt
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gross, Harry.
    Home office 121 Highland Ave. Short Hills, Nj 07078

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS WERE SUNK, ONE 100 FT DEEP; 2 MEDIUM PITS FOUND, ONE LARGE AND ONE SMALL PITS, ALSO PRESENT

Comments on development

  • OPENED ON AARON LEWIS FARM. SOME WORK WAS DONE IN 1880 BY E.P. MERRITT OF NEW YORK TO REOPEN MINE BUT NOTHING ELSE IS KNOWN

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;

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1986

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1873. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1880. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1880

Reporter information

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

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