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McKean Mine

Past Producer in Sussex 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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021705
MRDS ID DE01089
Record type Site
Current site name McKean Mine
Alternate or previous names Bird Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.72403, 40.96028 (WGS84)
Elevation 287

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stanhope(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 Sussex

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINE YIELDED A TOTAL OF 4,000 TONS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1874 ANALYSIS YIELDED: 64.36% FE3O4, 0.30% MNO, 3.50% AL2O3, 0.45% CA9, 1.76% MGO, 28,50% INSOL. O 22% S 0.03 % P, TRACE TI

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.72403, 40.96028
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip SE STEEPLY
    Width 3.66M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THICK QUARTZ VEINS FOUND IN TAILINGS. SULPHIDES PRESENT, TOO.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1873
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Whitfield Johnson
    Home office C/O Johnson. 3 Ghost Pony Rd. Anodover, Nj. 07821

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M
    Overall length 67.06M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1873, THERE WAS A SHAFT 40 FEET DEEP AND DRIFTS 40 FEET LONG. IN 1880 THERE WERE 2 SHAFTS, 200 FEET NORTH OF THE OLDER OPENING AND 100 FEET APART AND 900 FEET DEEP. TODAY THERE ARE SEVERAL SHAFTS AND PITS EITHER WATER- OR GARBAGE-FILLED.

Comments on development

  • OPENED BY CLARKSON BIRD & SON ON MCKEAN FARM.

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 1987.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1874 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1874.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISTINCT HANGING WALL.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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