Kean Mine

Occurrence in Morris 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082464
MRDS ID W055209
Record type Site
Current site name Kean Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.67737, 40.8 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(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 :(1970)

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 Gneiss
    Rock description Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.67737, 40.8

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • COULDN'T FIND ANY HIGH GRADE ORE; HOST WAS DEFORMED WITH SLICKEN L INES IN PLACES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1883

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. Evans
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lane, R., Sherman, Joseph And Rubin
    Home office 6 Elm St., Oakland, Nj 07436

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 10.67M

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATORY OPERATION ONLY; OWNED IN 1883 BY JOHN KEAN AND F.A. POTTS

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., 1883. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1883

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, JOHN C., 1891. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1890

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE OXIDIZED AT THE SURFACE & SULFUR-FREE; THE REDUCED ORE AT DEPTH CONTAINED SOME PYRITE. SIX OFFSETS IN A DISTANCE OF 54 FEET. ORE IS LIKE THAT OF THE COOPER MINE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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