Wean Mine

Past Producer in Warren 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174285
MAS/MILS ID 0340410042
Record type Site
Current site name Wean Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.0315, 40.65 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bloomsbury(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(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 Warren

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.0315, 40.65

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1878

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION WAS ABOUT 1500 TONS OF LIMONITE ORE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 920, 1941, P 79.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 68, 69.

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.