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Maberry Mine

Past Producer in Hunterdon 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082336
MRDS ID W055063
Record type Site
Current site name Maberry Mine
Alternate or previous names Mayberry Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.94016, 40.68611 (WGS84)
Elevation 244

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Bridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(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 Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 300 TONS MINED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.94016, 40.68611
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Halsey J. Boardman
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fauth, Richard P.
    Home office Lebanon, Nj
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • NOTHING IS KNOWN OF ITS WORKINGS. 1985 ONE LARGE SHAFT 20 FEET IN DIAMETER BY 20 FEET DEEP IS VISIBLE. DIRT ROAD LEADS TO MINE, A SMALL PIT EXISTS 10 FEET EAST OF SHAFT. ORE TAILINGS ON EAST AND NORTH SIDE OF MAIN SHAFT

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. 320

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1880, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1880; PG. 124

Reporter information

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

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