Beach Mine

Past Producer in Morris 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. 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 10082367
MRDS ID W055102
Record type Site
Current site name Beach Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.49791, 40.94167 (WGS84)
Elevation 186

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boonton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • SHAFT NOW FILLED IN WITH GARBAGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 3000 TONS REMOVED FROM 1853-1868

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Apatite Gangue
Asbestos Gangue
Hornblende Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1868 ANALYSIS YIELDED 66% FE

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) -74.49791, 40.94167

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 80 SE
    Plunge 15
    Plunge direction NE
    Width 1.07M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1785
Year of last production 1886

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Andover Iron Co. For NJ Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Seeley, F And M And Lauten, H And J.
    Home office 159 Ryerson Ave., Wayne, NJ 07470

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 15.24M
    Overall length 57.91M

Comments on development

  • DR. C. BEACH WORKED THE MINE FROM 1853 UNITL APPROXIMATELY 1872

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE CONTAINED GRANULAR APATITE AND HORNBLENDE. LIGHT GREEN ASBESTOS IN HANGING WALL NEXT TO ORE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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