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Beers Exploration

Past Producer in Morris 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. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021779
MRDS ID DE01273
Record type Site
Current site name Beers Exploration

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.51041, 40.82917 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mendham(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • COULD NOT LOCATE IN THE FIELD; PROBABLY MISLOCATD OR COLLAPSED.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 30 TONS WAS RAISED IN 1879.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1878 ANALYSIS YIELDED 54.46% FE, 0.31% S AND 0.04%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Gneiss
    Rock description Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.51041, 40.82917
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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 1878
Year of last production 1879

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Judge Wood

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE SHAFTS WERE SUNK.

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS SENT TO WILSON FURNACE IN ROCKAWAY.

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 1986.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1879 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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