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Carter 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. 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 10082328
MRDS ID W055053
Record type Site
Current site name Carter Mine
Alternate or previous names Willever and Godfrey Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.11989, 40.72083 (WGS84)
Elevation 280

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

Comments on the commodity information

  • 500 TONS MINED; 9 CAR LOADS SENT TO KEYSTONE FURNACE, PA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Hardyston Quartzite
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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
Discovery year 1880
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1881

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Willever And Godfrey On Lands Of Henry Carter
    First year 1880
  • Type Owner
    Owner Peter Hengst Rd2 Box 572 Phillipsburg, N. J.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 14.63M
    Overall width 1.83M

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 241

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H., 1880, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1880, PG 125

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA WILL SOON BE COVERED BY MERRILL CREEK RESERVOIR ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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