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Wanaque Mines - Laurel Mine

Past Producer in Passaic 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 10056408
MRDS ID TC00077
Record type Site
Current site name Wanaque Mines - Laurel Mine
Alternate or previous names Wynokie Mines, Blue, London, Iron Hill Mines, Red Or Laurel Hill

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.31652, 41.06028 (WGS84)
Elevation 128

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wanaque(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(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 Passaic

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1972)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.31652, 41.06028
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 90
    Plunge 58
    Plunge direction NE
    Thickness 1.22M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1857

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner N. J. Dist. Water Supply Comm.
    Home office 1 F.A. Orrechio Dr., Wanaque, Nj 07465

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Overall length 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • WORKINGS 50-60 FT LONG; OPENED BY A TUNNEL IN SIDE OF HILL

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, N.J. STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1868: ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1868.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit RECORD DE01552 HAS BE MERGED WITH THIS RECORD AND DELETED.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1989 Gair, Jac U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-MAR-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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