Hopler 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 10082451
MRDS ID W055191
Record type Site
Current site name Hopler Mine
Alternate or previous names Bartleyville Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.7407, 40.81361 (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

  • SHAFTS FOUND 2000 FT SW OF WHERE MINE REPORTED TO BE. NO EVIDENCE OF MINE AT REPORTED LOCATION ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GOOD QUALITY ORE IN 1879; 167 TONS MINED IN 1881

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.7407, 40.81361

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1881

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Thomas Iron Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • SIX PITS OR SHAFTS SUNK. IN 1985 2 SHAFTS ARE VISIBLE, ONE 10 FT IN DIAMETER ANOTHER 6 FOOT

Comments on development

  • CALLED BARTLEYVILLE MINE IN 1868 BUT SEEMED TO BE ONLY AN EXPLORATION AT THAT TIME. 1873 IDLE, CALLED HOPLER MINE; REOPENED 1879. IN 1881 WAS LEASED BY THOMAS IRON COMPANY AND SOON CLOSED

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 352-353

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit STRONG MAGNETIC ATTRACTION OBSERVED OVER A LARGE AREA AROUND MINE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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