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New 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082350
MRDS ID W055081
Record type Site
Current site name New Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.99599, 40.79667 (WGS84)
Elevation 198

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

  • RAN PARALLEL TO THE CARWHEEL MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • WAS THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF ORE FOR OXFORD FURNACE DURING THE MID 1800'S ORE WAS COMPACT GRAY-BLACK, FREE FROM SAND OF BESSEMER QUALITY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result HAND COBBED ORE RAN FE 39.54% P .044 S .758

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.99599, 40.79667
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 25 W
    Dip 55 TO 70 N
    Plunge direction NW
    Length 213.36M
    Width 12.19M
    Depth to bottom 42.67M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oxford Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Velencei, John
    Home office Daly Road, Far Hill, NJ

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT WAS SUNK NEAR THE FOOTWALL OF THE CARWHEEL VEIN AND REACHED 250 FEET DEEP. NEW & CARWHEEL COMBINED TO PRODUCE 25,000 TONS ANNUALLY. 1985 A SHAFT 18 FEET IN DIAMETER AND A DEPTH THAT WAS TOO DEEP TO DETERMINE IS VISIBLE

Comments on development

  • WHEN MINE CLOSED ORE REMAINING IN SHOOTS WAS REACHED AND TAKEN OUT BY THE WELCH AND MCKINLEY SHAFTS

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 245-247

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H. 1868, GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY, PG 639

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AT 250 FT VEIN STILL MAINTAINED AN AVERAGE WIDTH OF 20 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

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