Hoagland Mine

Past Producer in Warren county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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 10082347
MRDS ID W055078
Record type Site
Current site name Hoagland Mine
Alternate or previous names Hendershot Farm Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.95904, 40.87306 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Relative position 1000 FEET SE OF DEATS MINE AT "Y" OF DIRT ROAD

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(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

  • LOCATION HAS BEEN IN DOUBT BUT SHAFTS FOUND MUST BE MINE AS THEY ARE IN AREA MENTIONED IN ORIGINAL REPORT; PART OF JENNY JUMP GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE WAS MN RICH AND P POOR

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Franklin
    Rock description Franklin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.95904, 40.87306

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Year of first production 1879
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bulgin Brothers
  • Type Owner
    Owner Carl Cummins
    Home office Box 235 Great Meadows, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • 50' DEEP SHAFT AND A SMALL PIT TO THE WEST OF IT. 1985 3 SHAFTS APPOX 6 FEET APART LARGELY FILLED IN VISIBLE. LARGEST IS 8 FEET IN DIAMETER WITH NO ORE VISIBLE ONLY SOME LIMESTONE

Comments on development

  • PROBABLY EXPLORED IN 1873. SEVERAL HUNDRED TONS OF ORE REMOVED IN 1879 AND 1880

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 215

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1880, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1880, PG 127

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SHAFT HIT AN ORE VEIN 2 TO 5 FOOT WIDE AT 50 FEET

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.