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Osmun 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106358
MRDS ID W055002
Record type Site
Current site name Osmun Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.00932, 40.82 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position With 100 Yds

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

  • PART OF BELVIDERE GROUP OF MINES; NOTHING FOUND IN 1985 AND IT SEEMS PROBABLE THAT IT HAS BEEN COVERED BY STONE TAILINGS FROM PERRUCCI BROTHERS ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1899: FE 58.302%
Result MN 1.084%
Result P .033%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Franklin
    Rock description Franklin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.00932, 40.82
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1882
Year of last production 1901

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Warren County (To Be Auctioned)
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • 400 TONS OF ORE WAS RAISED IN 1882. IN 1885 2 SHAFTS WERE SUNK RESULTING IN 200 TONS OF ORE. IN 1891 NEW TEST PITS FROM 10 TO 40 FEET WERE DUG YIELDING 600 TONS OF ORE

Comments on development

  • TRAIL PITS IN 1882 FOUND ORE SIMILAR TO QUEEN MINE

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; PG 210

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-86 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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