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Smith's 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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106372
MRDS ID W055077
Record type Site
Current site name Smith's Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.96738, 40.86389 (WGS84)
Elevation 177

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Washington(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(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

  • DIRT ROAD PROBABLY USED TO TRANSPORT ORE RUNS PAST MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Asbestos Gangue
Calcite Gangue

Analytical data

Result FE 45% MNO 6.5%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Franklin
    Rock description Franklin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.96738, 40.86389
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ORE WAS BROWNISH TO BLACK ASSOCIATED WITH CALCITE, WHITE MICA AND ASBESTOS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1873
Discoverer Edward Turner And Geo. Swayze Of Hope, N.J.
Year of first production 1873
Year of last production 1882

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Belvidere Iron Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Godfrey, Alison
    Home office Hillcrest Rd Great Meadows, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS 20 FEET DEEP WERE SUNK IN 1873. IT WAS REOPENED IN 1882. 1985-FOUR SMALL PITS LARGEST BEING 8 FOOT DIAMETER 4 FEET DEEP ARE EVIDENT

Comments on development

  • EXPLORED IN 1873 ONLY ORE TAKEN OUT WAS IN MAKING SHAFTS, DIDN'T PRODUCE ORE TILL 1882

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 214

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H. 1873, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1873, PG 81

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BROWNISH BLACK ORE WAS FOUND IMMEDIATELY UNDER SURFACE BELOW THAT WAS A HARD BLACK ORE LIKE DEATS MINE

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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