Hacklebarney Mines

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150205
MAS/MILS ID 0340270048
Record type Site
Current site name Hacklebarney Mines
Alternate or previous names Main Mine, Coal House Pit,, Andrews Cut, Foley Opening

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.72739, 40.7683 (WGS84)
Elevation 241
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(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 Morris

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.72739, 40.7683

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1764

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chester Iron Mining Co. (Formerly)
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1944
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. A. G. Kay
    Interest 100
    Home office Dist Of Columbia
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION ESTIMATES VARY FROM 200000 TONS TO 1,000,000 TONS . THE LOCATION ON REC.030 IS FOR THE MAIN MINE. VARIOUS OTHE AND TUNNELS MAY BE FOUND TO THE NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE GULICK MINE, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LAMINGTON (BLACK) RIVER. ESTIMATES POSSIBLE RESERVE- 920000 TONS OF LEAN ORE, 1,280,000 TONS OF AND RICH ORE PROBABLE, 3,680,000 TONS OF LEAN AND RICH ORE P FOR A TOTAL OF 5,880,000 TONS OF RESERVE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT, REGIONAL FILE NO.E-878, 1944, 12 P.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 426-430.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.