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Annandale Mine

Past Producer in Hunterdon 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082496
MRDS ID W055248
Record type Site
Current site name Annandale Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.8696, 40.65194 (WGS84)
Elevation 99

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Califon(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 Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE USED AT COPLAY FURNACE, PENNSYLVANIA IN 1880. 625 TONS WERE RAISED

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result ORE WAS LOW IN PHOSPHORUS AND FAIRLY RICH

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.8696, 40.65194
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2.13M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1880
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Annandale Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New Jersey
    Home office New Jersey

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • ONE SHAFT 30 FEET DEEP

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 424

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1880, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1880; PG 102

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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