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Hager Mine

Past Producer 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. 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 10082488
MRDS ID W055238
Record type Site
Current site name Hager Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.13183, 40.60001 (WGS84)
Elevation 189

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riegelsville(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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SULFUR CONTENT INCREASED THE DEEPER THE SHAFTS WENT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Hornblende Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1879 ORE: FE 56.13%
Result S 7.59%
Result P .29%
Result TI .84% AT 60' DEPTH

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.13183, 40.60001
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip SE
    Width 1.22M

Comments on the geologic information

  • PYRITE INCREASED AS SHAFT GOT DEEPER

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1879
Year of first production 1879
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Holland Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Manuel Silva, Rd 1 Milford, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • UP TO 1877 700 TONS OF ORE WAS RAISED. IN 1880 WAS SHIPPING 20 TONS PER DAY

Comments on development

  • 2 SHAFTS 40' DEEP WERE SUNK BY HARTPENCE, VAN SYCKEL & BIRD IN APPROX. 1875. HOLLAND REOPENED IN 1879 WITH 60' SHAFT

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 318

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879, PG 62-63; 1879

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NE SHAFT HIT ORE AT 20' IN TWO NARROW DEPOSITS SEPERATED BY 2' OF ROCK
Deposit IN 1985 AT LEAST 8 PITS WERE FOUND; MOSTLY FILLED IN; LARGEST 8' IN DIAMETER ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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