Hurd Mine

Past Producer in Morris 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. 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021801
MRDS ID DE01300
Record type Site
Current site name Hurd Mine
Alternate or previous names Hurdtown, Nj Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.58431, 40.96722 (WGS84)
Elevation 299
Location accuracy 250(meters)

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)

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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • DEVELOPED OVER ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(197?)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • IN 1897 2,000 TONS/MONTH WERE MINED; UP TO 1880 500,000 TONS MINED.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Chalcedony Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1885 ANALYSIS YIELDED 85.88% FE3O4, 7.905 SIO2, 2.14% AL2O3, 0.21% MN2O3, 0.36% MGO, 2.95% CACO3, S AND 0.48% P2O

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.58431, 40.96722

Economic information

Ore body information

  • 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 1903

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New Jersey Iron Mining Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Scott Griffith And Crane And Co.
    Home office 24 White Deer Plaza Sparta, NJ 07871

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 182.88M

Comments on development

  • WORK CEASED BECAUSE OF LACK OF ORE. LEASED IN 1900 BY PILLING & CRANE OWNED IN 1879 BY GLENDON IRON CO.

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 1981

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H. 1897. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1897.

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, JOHN C., 1900. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1900.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-87 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

Beyond USGS

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