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Thomas 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. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082415
MRDS ID W055155
Record type Site
Current site name Thomas Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.8496, 40.81778 (WGS84)
Elevation 146
Relative position NORTH OF SHIELDS MINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hackettstown(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

  • WATER FILLED ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE SAME QUALITY AS SHIELDS, PRODUCED 2,050 TONS IN 1880

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciated Chert Cemented By Iron

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Kittatinny Supergroup;Jacksonburg
    Rock description Kittatinny Supergroup;Jacksonburg

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.8496, 40.81778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 55 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas Wharton
    First year 1880
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dia Hills Estates Water Co. 160 Division Ave Summit Nj
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE WAS CARTED TO THE HACKETTSTOWN FURNACE

Comments on development

  • OPENED AND OPERATED BY THE THOMAS IRON COMPANY FROM 1873-1876

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 71

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1880, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1880; PG 120

  • Deposit

    JOHNSON, M.E. 1930, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON; PG 120

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIMESTONE BASINS

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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