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Brown Mine

Past Producer in Passaic 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10083581
MRDS ID W100360
Record type Site
Current site name Brown Mine
Alternate or previous names Kanouse Mine/ Brown Mine/ Beam Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.28152, 41.03778 (WGS84)
Elevation 101
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position Est Est 1000 Ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wanaque(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(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 Passaic

Comments on the location information

  • COULDN'T FIND ANY SIGNS OF MINE. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 100 TONS REMOVED IN 1874; IN 1880 ORE WAS MINED AT 250 TONS/MONTH.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1874 ANALYSIS YIELDED 46.95 FE, 2.08% S AND 0.03%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.28152, 41.03778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer S.D. Brown
Year of first production 1874
Year of last production 1881

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner S. D. Brown

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall depth 7.92M

Comments on development

  • OWNED AND WORKED IN 1874 BY PASSAIC MINING AND MANUFACTURING CO., THEN REOPENED BY BROWN IN 1880. SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS WERE SENT TO CAUCON IRON CO'S FURNACE AT HELLERTOWN, PA.

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, P.496.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1874, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1874.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1880: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1880.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-83 Whitlow, S. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-SEP-89 Gair, Jac U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-87 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) U.S. Geological Survey

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