Mine detail: Swayze Hematite Mine

Previously called 'Osman Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 40.94028, -74.94043

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Limonite
Discovery year: 1872

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1877
Last production ended: 1882

Geology

Host rock:Martinsburg
Host type:Slate

References

MRDSW055127
DEP10082388
Reference{Deposit:: BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910, IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PP 58-59}{Deposit:: COOK, GEO. H., 1877, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1877, PP 50-52}{Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED 1985}
ReporterSimonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.)