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Wean 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106367
MRDS ID W055052
Record type Site
Current site name Wean Mine
Alternate or previous names Knight & Hartpence Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.02932, 40.64944 (WGS84)
Elevation 232

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bloomsbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(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

  • A SHAFT WAS FOUND 1/4 MILE SOUTH OF MAIN WORKINGS ON LAND OF GEORGE BAKER. OWNER CLAIMS IT WAS APPOX 12' DEEP BEFORE HE FILLED IT IT PROBABLY PART OF WEAN MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ABOUT 2/3 OF ORE WAS WASH ORE OF A BRIGHT RED COLOR WHICH WAS SOLD AS PAINT

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limonite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1878 ANALYSIS: FE 55.42%
Result P .10%
Result S .10%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.02932, 40.64944
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1874
Year of last production 1881

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Ron May Rd1 Box 529 Asbury, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • MAIN SHAFT WAS 60 FEET DEEP CONNECTED BY A SECOND SHAFT TO THE SW BY A DRIFT 200 FEET LONG. 1985 MAIN SHAFT FOUND IS 18' DIAMETER ON TOP OF MTN. 3 SHAFTS WERE LOCATED THIRD OF THE WAY UP SW SLOPE OF MTN. LARGEST BEING 12 FOOT DEEP BY 8 FOOT IN DIAMETER. NO ORE FOUND

Comments on development

  • BREWER, MELICK & CO OPERATED IN 1878, SOLD ORE TO CRANE IRON COMPANY; JOHN WEAN WAS TAKING OUT A LITTLE ORE AND OCHRE IN 1880; 1500 TONS WAS PRODUCED

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. 68-69

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H., 1878, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1878, PG 102

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H., 1879, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879, PP 90-91

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE IS ON A ROTTEN GNEISS AND IS PROBABLY IN HIGHLY ALTERED KITTATINY

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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