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Hurd Mine

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. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021791
MRDS ID DE01287
Record type Site
Current site name Hurd Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.58292, 40.88472 (WGS84)
Elevation 207

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(197?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TOTAL YIELD 635,000 TONS; FROM 1867-1886 450,000 TONS PRODUCED; 1902-20,000 TONS; 1903-15,000

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1880 ANALYSIS YIELDED 57.11% FE AND 1.618%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.58292, 40.88472
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 52 SE
    Plunge direction NE
    Length 350.52M
    Width 2.74M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1855
Year of last production 1920

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Joseph Wharton
  • Type Owner
    Owner General Relay Corp.
    Home office 10 Kice Ave Wharton, Nj. 07885

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 335.28M
    Overall length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN INCLINED SHAFT SLOPED 52 DEGREE SE AND HAD A VERTICAL DEPTH OF 1100 FEET AT THE TIME OF CLOSING. HARVEY MINE MERGED WITH THE HURD MINE SHORTLY AFTER 1868.

Comments on development

  • OWNED BY NJ IRON MINING CO AND LEASED TO THOMAS IRON CO BEFORE JOSEPH WHARTON TOOK OVER IN 1904. MERGED WITH THE HARVEY MINE IN 1868.

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Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETITE REPLACED COARSE-GRAINED PYROXENE HORNBLENDE SKARN

Reporter information

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

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