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Neighbor Mine

Past Producer in Hunterdon county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Iron, Zinc, Lead, Stone
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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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082501
MRDS ID W055254
Record type Site
Current site name Neighbor Mine
Related records 10082493

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.8371, 40.73944 (WGS84)
Elevation 174

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Califon(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 Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Stone Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PRODUCED 896 TONS OF ORE IN 1880, ORE WAS USED AT CHESTER, N.J. FURNACE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore
Limonite Ore
Galena Gangue
Smithsonite Gangue
Sphalerite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINED 3.74% PB AND 10% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kittatinny Supergroup
    Rock description Kittatinny Supergroup
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Ordovician
    Stratigraphic age (oldest) Cambrian
    Chronological age 440

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.8371, 40.73944
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • LIMESTONE BEDS STRIKE N 40 E AND DIP 18 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Melick, George
    Home office Oldwick, Nj

Comments on development

  • OPENED AS IRON MINE BUT DUE TO HIGH ZINC AND LEAD CONTENT WHICH CAUSED PROBLEMS IN FURNACE IT WAS ABANDONED. LATER WAS OPENED AS LIMESTONE QUARRY

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 72-73

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1880, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1880; PP 119-120

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.E. 1936, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMANENT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NEAR CONTACT OF KITTATINNY LIMESTONE AND GNEISS. OCCURED AS STRUCTURLESS SHEETS COVERING FRACTURE SURFACES AND AS NODULES WITHIN THE BE DS

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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