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Smith's Opening

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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082329
MRDS ID W055054
Record type Site
Current site name Smith's Opening

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.07016, 40.68222 (WGS84)
Elevation 216
Relative position WITHIN 50 FT EAST OF DIRT TRAIL

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

  • 200 TO 300 TONS OF ORE WAS SENT TO HELLERTOWN, PA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE IS LEAN WITH SOME ALTERED FELDSPAR AND SOME HORNBLENDE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.07016, 40.68222
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • WALL OF MINE ARE HORNBLENDIC GNEISS

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 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Keler, Reese And Co. Leased Land From Robert J. Smith In 1873

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORIGINAL MINE CONSISTED OF 2 SHAFTS 20 FEET DEEP AND A SHALLOW PIT. ONE SHAFT NOW VISABLE 8 FEET DEEP AND 12 FEET IN DIAMETER. GOOD QUALITY ORE REMAINS IN DUMP

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 270

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H., 1879, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879, PG. 73

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

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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