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Beach Glen Mine

Past Producer in Morris 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106379
MRDS ID W055110
Record type Site
Current site name Beach Glen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.48319, 40.93472 (WGS84)
Elevation 198

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Boonton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • TWO VERY LARGE SHAFTS; ONE NOW FILLED IN WITH GARBAGE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 56-60% FE, 0.003-0.009% P, NO S, TI

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.48319, 40.93472
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip NW TO 75 DEGREES SE
    Width 4.57M

Comments on the geologic information

  • COARSE-GRAINED AMPHIBOLITE FOUND ASSOCIATED WITH THE ORE DEPOSIT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1808
Year of last production 1930

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Eastern Iron Ore Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Old Beach Glen Assoc.
    Home office 336 Winthrop Rd., Teaneck, Nj 07666

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 27.43M
    Overall length 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE VEINS IN VICINITY OF THE MINE. NORTH WESTERN MOST VEIN IS LARGEST AND MOST WORKED. 200 FEET TO THE SE A SECOND VEIN CONTAINS LOTS OF BIOTITE AND WAS OPENED TO A DEPTH OF 90 FEET. THIRD VEIN IS 100 FT FURTHER EAST AND WAS NOT WORKED MUCH

Comments on development

  • JOSEPH WHARTON ABANDONED LEASE IN 1902; TAKEN OVER BY BEACH GLEN MINING CO.; WORKED BY NORTH JERSEY STEEL COMPANY IN 1921; TAKEN OVER BY EASTERN IRON ORE CO. IN 1926

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MAGNETITE OCCURS AS VEINLETS AND DISSEMINATED

Reporter information

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

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