Searle Mine

Past Producer in Warren 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082418
MRDS ID W055157
Record type Site
Current site name Searle Mine
Related records 10021869, 10102181

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.99956, 40.00002 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ocean(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Long Branch(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New York(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Warren

Comments on the location information

  • TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF MINES EXISTANCE AT EITHER (1985)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • BOTH SHAFTS PRODUCED GOOD SHOT ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE NEAR SURFACE WAS 67.0% FE
Result 50 FEET DEEP WAS 55.6%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.99956, 40.00002

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip STEEP TO SE

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 1868

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT WAS 60 FEET DEEP, A SECOND SHAFT WEST OF IT WAS 32 FEET DEEP

Comments on development

  • MINE WAS LOCATED ON THE LAND OF FREDERICK J. SEARLE

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 283-284

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H 1868, GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY; PG 624

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS IN TWO BEDS A FEW INCHES THICK, WITH A LAYER OF ROCK BETWEEN THEM AT THE BOTTOM

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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