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Beemer 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082447
MRDS ID W055186
Record type Site
Current site name Beemer Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.66181, 40.81056 (WGS84)
Elevation 250

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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 2000 TONS OF ORE SHIPPED TO DURHAM, PA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Mica Gangue

Analytical data

Result 41.10% FE, 0.135% P, 2.958%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.66181, 40.81056
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 55 SE
    Plunge 20 NE
    Width 1.37M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1886
Year of last production 1887

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooper, Hewitt And Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Jersey
    Home office New Jersey

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS SUNK 60 AND 35 FEET DEEP. BOTH ARE STILL VISABLE DEEPEST 10 FEET

Comments on development

  • WORK AT MINE STARTED APRIL 1ST 1886. ORE SHIPPED FROM THE CHESTER BRANCH OF THE D, L & W RAILROAD

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 1986

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H., 1887, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1886; PG 138

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SHOOTS OF ORE WERE KNOWN TO EXIST IN THE MINE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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