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Slack Mine

Past Producer in Warren 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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082323
MRDS ID W055047
Record type Site
Current site name Slack Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.05293, 40.68333 (WGS84)
Elevation 104

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bloomsbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(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 Warren

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1899: FE 44.33% P .170% MN .06%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kittatiny;Martinsburg
    Rock description Kittatiny;Martinsburg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.05293, 40.68333
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE PROBABLY IN KITTATINY NEAR CONTACT WITH MARTINSBURG SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1899
Year of last production 1899

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John H. Slack
  • Type Owner
    Owner Bowser, Adam
    Home office Rd2 Asbury Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WAS 8.5 FT DEEP. 1985 ONLY TRACE OF MINE FOUND IS A 20 FT LONG TRENCH USED AS DUMP WITH SOME ORE ON ITS BORDER.

Comments on development

  • SHIPPED FROM NEAR CENTRAL RAILROAD OF N.J. TO HOKENDAUQUA, PA

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; PG 69

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    JENKINS, GEORGE E. 1900, REPORT ON IRON MINES, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1899; PG 169

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit APPOX. 5.5 FT OF ORE FOUND IN 8.5 FT SHAFT.

Reporter information

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

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