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Martin Farm

Occurrence in Hunterdon 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082469
MRDS ID W055215
Record type Site
Current site name Martin Farm
Alternate or previous names Martn Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.05016, 40.62389 (WGS84)
Elevation 201
Relative position EAST OF ANDREW FORD HOUSE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Frenchtown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • PART OF VAN SYCKLE MINE BELT (BAYLEY, 1910) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE MIXED WITH HORNBLENDE. QUITE LEAN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Hornblende Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1878 REPORTED ORE AS: FE 49.25%
Result P .25%
Result TIO2 1.00%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.05016, 40.62389
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1878
Discoverer Wm. C. Martin
Year of first production 1878
Year of last production 1879

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ford, Andrew
    Home office Alexandria Twn. N.J.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 3.66M

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATION CONSISTS OF 5 PITS, 1 APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN DEEP, BAYLEY (1910) CLAIMS IT WAS NEVER WORKED BUT OLDER REPORTS IMPLY IT WAS WORKED. FIELD INVESTIGATION FOUND ALOT OF MATERIAL REMOVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY; VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, 1910; PG 345

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H., IRON ORES; ANN. REPT. STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1880; PG 109, 1880

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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