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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082394
MRDS ID W055133
Record type Site
Current site name Byram Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.60098, 40.87472 (WGS84)
Elevation 262

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mendham(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1981)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • YIELD WAS 30,000 TONS FOR THE YEAR OF 1855; TOTAL YIELD EQUALED 600,000 TONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result SELECTED ORE HAD UP TO 59% FE, 2.11%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Mixed Gneiss
    Rock description Mixed Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.60098, 40.87472

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 E
    Dip 50 SE
    Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1844
Year of last production 1883

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Andover Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Ruth Stahl 2600 Netherland Ave., Suite 1825, Bronx, Ny 10463

Comments on the workings information

  • THE DEPTH OF THE MAIN SLOPE REACHED 1,100 FT MEASURED ON THE DIP OF 60 DEGREES. NUMEROUS SHAFTS GREATER THAN 5 SMALL PITS PLUS 17 FT DIAMETER SHAFT

Comments on development

  • ORE WAS SENT TO COMPANY'S FURNACE AT PHILLIPSBURG

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT CROSSED BY MANY FAULTS. ORE CONTAINED APATITE UP TO 50%

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1986 Kaeding, Margaret 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.