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High Bridge Mine

Past Producer in Hunterdon 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223078
MAS/MILS ID 0340190006
Record type Site
Current site name High Bridge Mine
Alternate or previous names Taylor Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -74.8915, 40.6733 (WGS84)
Elevation 140
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Bridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(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 Hunterdon

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -74.8915, 40.6733
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1864

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Philadephia And Reading Coal And Iron Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL SHIPMENTS FROM 1864 TO 1889 WERE 69,180 TONS OF MAGNET HIGH IN TITANIUM, BUT THE AMOUNT OF ORE MINED PREVIOUS TO 18 NOT KNOWN. REF.700 ESTIMATES RESERVES AT 430000 TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 91.794, 1944, 9 P.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 355-357.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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