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Shields 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 10082416
MRDS ID W055154
Record type Site
Current site name Shields Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.85127, 40.81722 (WGS84)
Elevation 146

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

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 3/4 OF ORE WAS LOST IN WASHING, BUT REMAINING QUARTER WAS EXCELLENT GRADE 20 TONS A DAY RAISED IN 1868, 1872-1880 41,121 RAISED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Brecciated Chert Cemented By Iron

Analytical data

Result 1880: FE 42.73% P 0.257 S 0.041 MN 1.40

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) -74.85127, 40.81722
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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
Discovery year 1868
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1908

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hudson Iron Co.
    First year 1908
  • Type Owner
    Owner Dia Hill Estates Water Co. 160 Division Ave Summit Nj
    First year 1986

Comments on the workings information

  • BY 1876 MAIN PIT WAS 80 FEET DEEP WHICH HIT A 10 FOOT WIDE ORE BODY AT THE BOTTOM. PIT WAS ABANDONED IN FALL OF 1877 AND WORKINGS WERE TRANSFERED TO A NEW PIT 30 YDS TO WEST, WAS 60 FEET DEEP BY 400 FEET LONG BY 80 FEET WIDE IN 1879. IN 1906 A 65 FOOT DEEP SHAFT WAS SUNK WITH A 65 FOOT LONG DRIFT LARGEST PRODUCER OF LIMONITE IN NEW JERSEY

Comments on development

  • FROM 1868-1881 WAS OPERATED BY MUSCONETCONG IRON COMPANY, ORE SENT TO STANHOPE, NJ. REOPENED 1899 BUT CLOSED SOON AFTER, UNTIL 1906 WHEN A NEW OPENING WAS MADE

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 70-71

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1879, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1879; PP 91-92

  • Deposit

    KUMMEL, H.B. 1908 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1907; PG 172

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE AT THE BOTTOM OF LIMESTONE BASINS, WALLS OF THE PIT WERE BLUE LIMESTONE WITH SLATE LEDGES TO THE SW

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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