Washington Mine

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126557
MAS/MILS ID 0340410040
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Mine
Alternate or previous names Includes Harrison Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.9985, 40.7869 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.9985, 40.7869

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1854

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Allen Wood Steel Co.
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 920, 1941, P 70.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 243, 244.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REF.700 STATES THAT SHIPMENTS AVERAGED 12000 TONS MONTHLY FR 1923- OCTOBER 1923. REF.701 SAYS 30,172 TONS WERE PRODUCED I AND THAT IN 1910 PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 100000 TONS PER YEAR. PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THE ORE IS MAGNETITE, VERY SULPHUROUS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.