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Hamlen 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106361
MRDS ID W055015
Record type Site
Current site name Hamlen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.15267, 40.69167 (WGS84)
Elevation 67

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Easton(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 :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

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) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.15267, 40.69167
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • OCHER WAS FOUND ON THE EAST SIDE OF ORE-DEPOSIT AND BENEATH IT; MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF 15'

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Year of first production 1865
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hamlen, William

Comments on the workings information

  • OCHER PIT WAS 200' LONG 100' WIDE

Comments on development

  • OPENED IN 1860'S ORE WAS EXHAUSTED AFTER YEILDING 1000 TONS; OPENED AGAIN 1868 EXHAUSTED 1874; LATER WORKED FOR YELLOW OCHER YIELDING 344 TONS BY JUNE, 1880

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 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO TRACE OF MINE CAN BE FOUND EXCEPT FOR SLOPING GRASS MOUNDS, AREA HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY FARMED ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV
Deposit Discovery Year: 1860'S

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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