| Deposit ID | 10082367 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W055102 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Beach Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.49791, 40.94167 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 186 |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Morris |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Apatite | Gangue |
| Asbestos | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Result | 1868 ANALYSIS YIELDED 66% FE |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||
| Rock unit name | Gneiss | ||||
| Rock description | Gneiss | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -74.49791, 40.94167 |
|---|
| Dip | 80 SE |
|---|---|
| Plunge | 15 |
| Plunge direction | NE |
| Width | 1.07M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1785 |
| Year of last production | 1886 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| 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 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 15.24M |
| Overall length | 57.91M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W055102 |
BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST;
FIELD CHECKED 1986
COOK, GEORGE H. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1868.
COOK, GEORGE H., 1880. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1880
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE CONTAINED GRANULAR APATITE AND HORNBLENDE. LIGHT GREEN ASBESTOS IN HANGING WALL NEXT TO ORE |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-DEC-1986 | Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) | New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography |
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