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Beam 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 10102192
MRDS ID DE01549
Record type Site
Current site name Beam Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.30458, 41.02611 (WGS84)
Elevation 104
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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

  • FOUND A SMALL, ORE-FREE SLAG PILE AND SOME SMALL EXPLORATION PITS BUT NO MAJOR SHAFTS. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • A LITTLE RICH ORE WAS RAISED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.30458, 41.02611
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1875
Year of last production 1875

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner County Of Passaic
    Home office 317 Pennsylvania Ave. Paterson, Nj. 07503

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS MINED; BOTH ABOUT 20 FT DEEP.

Comments on development

  • AN OLD IRON ORE LOCALITY ON THE "BEAM LOT" THAT WAS RE-OPENED BY A NEW YORK COMPANY IN 1875 AND SOON AFTERWARD ABANDONED.

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 1987.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H. 1879. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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