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Thatcher 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082324
MRDS ID W055048
Record type Site
Current site name Thatcher Mine
Alternate or previous names Stewartsville Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.07738, 40.69583 (WGS84)
Elevation 94
Location accuracy 500(meters)

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 BESSEMER QUALITY
Result 1899 REPORT: FE 43.64%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.07738, 40.69583
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE MAY HAVE BEEN A VEIN ORIGINALLY THEN ALTERATION PROCEEDED INTO THE SURROUNDING ROCK AS THE LUMPS OCCUR IN AN ELONGATE, VEIN-LIKE MASS

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 1900

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Delaware Realty Assoc. 16 Scotalnd Dr., Livingston, N. J.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 9.14M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 21.34M

Comments on development

  • IN 1873 5,000 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED TO BETHLEHEM FURNACE AT BETHLEHEM, PA. CLOSED IN 1874 REOPENED IN 1900 AFTER WATER WAS REMOVED

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 PP. 66-67

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1874, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR 1874, PP 31-32

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CONSISTED OF LUMPS AND FINE GRANULES MIXED WITH OCHER, CLAY AND SAND
Deposit 1985 CAN FIND NO EVIDENCE OF MINE. MOUNDS ARE PRESENT BUT MUCH FARMING HAS BEEN DONE IN THE AREA ALONG WITH A GAS LINE INSTALLATION AND RAILROAD TRACK REMOVAL. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-86 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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