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Hann 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082426
MRDS ID W055165
Record type Site
Current site name Hann Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.84266, 40.78111 (WGS84)
Elevation 311

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(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)

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

  • WORKINGS ALONG ROAD ARE BEING DESTROYED BY LAYING OF A NEW SEWAGE LINE (1986) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS LEAN, TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 5000 TONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Feldspar Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1879: FE 56.97% S .088 P .367 TIO2 1.05

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.84266, 40.78111
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike E-NE
    Dip 30 S-SE
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1871
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Marsh, William W.
    Home office Schooleys Mountain, Nj
    First year 1880
  • Type Owner
    Owner Furedi, Ervin
    Home office P. O. Box 31 Schooleys Mtn, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • OPENED BY 2 SHAFTS IN 1871. SHORTLY AFTERWARDS IT WAS REOPENED. A SUCCESSION OF OPEN PITS WERE DUG IN WORKING THE TWO PARALLEL VEINS. SHAFTS WERE OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 1985: EAST OF DRIVEWAY ARE BULLDOZED MOUNDS WITH DEPRESSIONS EVIDENT. ACROSS THE STREET IS A LONG TRENCH (APPOX 50 FT) WITH MUCH WASTE MATERIAL AND ORE WELL MIXED WITH GNEISS

Comments on development

  • LEHIGH VALLEY IRON COMPANY OPENED MINE IN 1871. ABANDONED SOON AFTER BUT REOPENED IN 1879 BY WILLIAM W. MARSH UNTIL IT CLOSED IN 1880

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; PG 321

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1879, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1879; PG 67

  • Deposit

    UNKNOWN AUTHOR, N.J. DEPT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY 1977, ABANDONED IRON MINES OF WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP MORRIS COUNTY NEW JERSEY; PP 10-11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THERE WERE TWO VEINS. ORE ON THE FOOT WALL VEIN WAS BROWNISH; THAT OF THE OTHER VEIN WAS BLUISH

Reporter information

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

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