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Lawrence 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 10082406
MRDS ID W055145
Record type Site
Current site name Lawrence Mine
Alternate or previous names Gordon Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.59515, 40.84694 (WGS84)
Elevation 305

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

  • SERIES OF SMALL TO MEDIUM PITS FILLED IN WITH GARBAGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1880 ANALYSIS YIELDED 51.62% FE, 0.246% P, TRACE TI.

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) -74.59515, 40.84694
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Plunge direction SW
    Width 5.49M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAGNETITE HAS A DEFORMATION CLEAVAGE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1878
Year of last production 1883

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Reading Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Imperial, R And M And Imperial, W And J.
    Home office 181 Rte 10, P. O. Box 211, E. Hanover, Nj 07036

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 33.53M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS PRESENT, ALL DOWN 110 FT ON A VEIN 2.5 FT WIDE. IN 1883 OXIDIZED ORE WAS RAISED NEAR SURFACE AND BY OPEN PITS AND SHALLOW UNDERGROUND SHAFTS AND DRIFTS

Comments on development

  • OPENED ABOUT 1863 AS A COPPER MINE ACCORDING TO 1883 ANNUAL REPORT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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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