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William Hamlen Mine, Pohatcong Township, Warren County, New Jersey, USAi
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
40° 41' North , 75° 9' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
40.68333,-75.15000
GeoHash:
G#: dr4x3yjmw
GRN:
N28W41
Type:
Mine
Köppen climate type:
Dfa : Hot-summer humid continental climate
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Upper Pohatcong1,781 (2017)0.8km
Lopatcong Overlook734 (2017)1.6km
Alpha2,303 (2017)1.9km
Upper Stewartsville212 (2017)3.4km
Stewartsville349 (2017)3.5km
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Monroe County Earth Science AssociationStroudsburg, Pennsylvania34km
Friends of Mineralogy - Pennsylvania ChapterSt. Peters, Pennsylvania42km
Mindat Locality ID:
13026
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:13026:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Ref.: The Iron Mines of New Jersey (1910), Bayley: 12, 66; NJ State Geol. Annual Rpt. (1880): 121. An iron and ochre mine in limonite ore. Operated between 1856 and 1869, 1876 and 1879-1880; thereafter (1880), it was operated for yellow ochre since the iron ore was essentially exhausted. Located about 2 miles East of Phillipsburg near Lopatcong Creek. Produced a total of about 1,000 tons ore. Working was a pit 200 feet by 100 feet in blue (Kittatinny) limestone.

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