| Deposit ID | 10082417 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W055156 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Brown Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.85349, 40.81472 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 152 |
| Location accuracy | 50(meters) |
| Relative position | SOUTH OF SHIELDS MINE, Within 50 Yds |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Warren(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Hackettstown(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Warren |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Limonite | Ore |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone | ||||||
| Rock unit name | Kittatinny Supergroup | ||||||
| Rock description | Kittatinny Supergroup | ||||||
| |||||||
| (1) | -74.85349, 40.81472 |
|---|
| Dip | 60 SE |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1873 |
| Year of first production | 1874 |
| Year of last production | 1880 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Wharton, Joseph |
| First year | 1880 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W055156 |
BAYLEY, WILLIAM S. 1910, IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PG 71
FIELD CHECKED 1985
COOK, GEO. H. 1880, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1880; PG 120
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE WAS MIXED WITH YELLOW CLAY AND SAND AND CONTAINED LARGE NODULES OF LIMESTONE. ORE UNDER 9 TO 10 FEET OF SOIL AT JUNCTION OF LIMESTONE AND SLATE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-FEB-86 | Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) | New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography |
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