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Schuler Mine

Past Producer in Warren 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 10106357
MRDS ID W044998
Record type Site
Current site name Schuler Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.08988, 40.7875 (WGS84)
Elevation 116

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belvidere(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 Warren

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE WAS BROWNISH-BLACK, FINE-GRAINED, HIGHLY MAGNETIC AND CONTAINED CONSIDERABLE MANGANESE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Franklin
    Rock description Franklin
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) Hardyston Quartzite
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Dip SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1773
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooper, Hewitt And Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Stuart Hartung,
    Home office Rd2 Phillipsburg, N.J

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT REOPENED IN 1872 TO DEPTH OF 27 FEET ALONG WITH A NEW SHAFT 50' TO WEST. ABOUT 100 TONS OF ORE WAS REMOVED. 4 NEW SHAFTS WERE SUNK IN 1880 FURTHER EAST RAISING 100 TONS OF ORE; ONE SHAFT NOW VISABLE 30' DIAMETER X 12' DEEP WHICH PROBABLY HIT WATER LEVEL

Comments on development

  • OLD MINE OF PRE-REVOLUTIONARY WAR DAYS WAS REOPENED IN 1872, IT WAS SOON ABANDONED AND REOPENED IN 1880 BUT CLOSED IN THE SAME YEAR

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910, MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PP 204-205

  • Deposit

    COOK, G.H., 1880, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1880, PG 116

  • Deposit

    COOK, G.H., 1873, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1873, PG 73

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IN POCKETS OF MARBLE, WHICH ARE ORIENTED PARALLEL TO THE STRUCTURE, IN GNEISS

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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