| Deposit ID | 10106369 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W055064 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Van Syckle's Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Church Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.98071, 40.65778 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 130 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Hunterdon(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
High Bridge(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Hunterdon |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | ORE RAN TO 69% FE |
|---|---|
| Result | AVERAGED 12% TIO2 |
| Result | V RANGED FROM 0.38 TO 0.13% |
| (1) | Beekmantown Group, Lower Part |
|---|
| Width | 3.35M |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1770 |
| Year of last production | 1875 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Cooper And Hewitt |
| First year | 1875 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Norton Methodist Church |
| Home office | Norton, N.J. |
| First year | 1985 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Length | 6.1M |
| Overall depth | 18.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W055064 |
BAYLEY, WILLIAM S. 1910, IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PP 346-347
FIELD CHECKED 1985
JOHNSON, M.E. 1958, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGIC SURVEY'S PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON
COOK, GEO. H. 1873, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1873; PP 55-56
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | MAIN DEPOSIT RAN 10 TO 11 FEET THICK. NW DEPOSIT WAS 7 FEET WIDE. IN MAIN DEPOSIT THE ORE WAS INTERLAYERED WITH STREAKS OF CHLORITE RO CK |
| 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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