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Emery Farm Exploration

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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106393
MRDS ID W055246
Record type Site
Current site name Emery Farm Exploration
Alternate or previous names Emory Farm, Van Syckle Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.86766, 40.68389 (WGS84)
Elevation 134

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

  • NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ON SITE. BULLDOZING HAS DESTROYED ANY EVIDENCE OF MINE ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • 200 TONS OF ORE WAS SHIPPED SOME TO A BLAST FURNACE AT UHLERSTOWN PA

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE WAS VERY LEAN

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.86766, 40.68389
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip SE
    Width 0.61M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1878
Year of last production 1878

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mortara And Manzelli Laura Lane Bedminster, Nj

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 7.62M

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 OPENINGS WERE MADE 200 FEET APART IN A NE AND SW LINE. NE OPENING IS 25 FEET DEEP. THE SW OPENING WAS SHALLOW, 12 TO 15 FEET WIDE

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 420-421

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1879, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST, FOR THE YEAR 1879; PG 45

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NE OPENING'S ORE CONTAINS SOME PYRITE AND HORNBLENDE. THE SW OPENING MATERIAL IS A REDDISH, GARNETIFEROUS ROCK CONTAINING MAGNETITE

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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