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Wood Hull 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082457
MRDS ID W055200
Record type Site
Current site name Wood Hull Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.69542, 40.77639 (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

  • MOST SHAFTS ON WEST SIDE OF ROAD, ONE ON EAST SIDE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • VERY RICH AND FIRM, MADE EXCELLENT QUALITY IRON; 377 TONS RAISED IN 1885

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result PRISMATIC STRUCTURE OF ORE VERY MARKED

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.69542, 40.77639
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 70 SE AT SURFACE 50 SE AT BOTTOM
    Width 2.44M

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 1886

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SHAFTS EVIDENT IN 1985, LARGEST 10 FEET IN DIAMETER BY 8 FEET DEEP. LOT OF TAILINGS ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF ROAD (EAST SIDE) IS A SHAFT 15 FEET IN DIAMETER MOSTLY FILLED WITH HIGHGRADE ORE AROUND IT

Comments on development

  • MUSCONETCONG IRON WORKS OF STANHOPE OPENED MINE BUT WAS IDLE IN 1873. REOPENED IN OCT. 1885 BY COOPER MINING COMPANY TILL IT CLOSED IN SEPT. 1886

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 463

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1873, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1873; PG 32

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BODY IN PLACES WAS 8 FT WIDE BUT AT DEPTH BECAME REPLACED BY GNEISS TILL IT WAS TOO NARROW TO WORK

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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