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Hedges Mine

Past Producer in Morris 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. 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 10082444
MRDS ID W055183
Record type Site
Current site name Hedges Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.70709, 40.78278 (WGS84)
Elevation 256

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(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

  • MINE TRENCH NOW BEING USED AS A DUMP (1986) ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 1870 RAISED 10,000 TONS OF ORE. ORE SHIPPED TO PA. STEEL WORKS, HARRISBURG PA. WHERE IT IS USED FOR BESSEMER STEEL

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE CONTAINED PYRITE. S 2.45% P 0.45%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.70709, 40.78278
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 60 SE
    Width 1.52M
  • Dip 60 SE
    Width 7.62M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1870
Year of last production 1879

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Union Iron Co. High Bridge Nj
    First year 1879

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT 300 FEET LONG 50 FEET DEEP WITH A SHAFT TO THE NORTH CONNECTED TO THE OPEN CUT BY A DRIFT. MOST ORE WAS SURFACE ORE TAKEN OUT BY PICK AND HOISTED BY TWO STEAM DERRICKS. BOTTOM OF PIT ORE WAS DARK & COMPACT. TRENCH MOSTLY FILLED NOW (1986) SHAFT 10 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 7 FEET DEEP VISIBLE WITH VERY LITTLE ORE ON SURFACE

Comments on development

  • OPENED BY UNION IRON COMPANY OF HIGH BRIDGE. WORKED TILL ABOUT 1879

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;

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1873, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873; PG 37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FOOT WALL WAS A GREENISH GRAY FELDSPATHIC GNEISS. TWO DEPOSITS 6 FEET APART AND 25 AND 5 FEET WIDE RESPECTIVELY.

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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