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Carpenter 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. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  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 10082486
MRDS ID W055236
Record type Site
Current site name Carpenter Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.18461, 40.62001 (WGS84)
Elevation 110

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Riegelsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(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

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1973)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Kittatinny Supergroup
    Rock description Kittatinny Supergroup
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.18461, 40.62001
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Occurs Along Fault In Decomposed Limestone

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE IN A VEIN; NORTH WALL OF KITTATINNY & SOUTH WALL OF GNEISS, FIVE FEET OF CLAY BETWEEN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1865
Discoverer George Carpenter
Year of first production 1865
Year of last production 1885

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Frey, Robert
    Home office Rd 1 Box 351, Phillipsburg, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 152.4M
    Overall width 1.52M

Comments on development

  • IN 1880 THERE WERE TWO SHAFTS. 100' AND 115' IN DEPTH, ORE SHIPPED TO DURHAM IRON WORKS, PA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY; VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, 1910; PG 65

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IN 1985 2 SHAFTS WERE FOUND APPROX. 18' IN DIAMETER X 15' DEEP ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 3 FIELD OBSERV

Reporter information

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

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