Mine detail: Wean Mine

Previously called 'Knight & Hartpence Mine'

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Location: Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States, North America
Lat / long: 40.64944, -75.02932
dep_id: 10106367
mrds_id: W055052
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Limonite
work_type: Underground
Reporter: Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.)
hrock_unit: Kittatinny Supergroup
hrock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1874
ylp_ba: <
yr_lst_prd: 1881
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. 68-69
  • Deposit:: COOK, GEO. H., 1878, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1878, PG 102
  • Deposit:: COOK, GEO. H., 1879, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879, PP 90-91
  • Deposit:: FIELD CHECKED 1985
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