OFFICIAL SITE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEYNew Jersey Abandoned Mines Map Archive
Below is a list of references for maps and links to additional mine maps available online.
Ahles Mine
Map 1, Troxell, John, R., April 1948, Report of Investigations, Ahles Iron Mine,Warren County NJ, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines.
Maps 2-5, Basic Iron Ore Company
Map 6, Delaware Lackawanna and Western Railroad
Additional map for the Ahles mine available on page 211 of Bayley,W.S. 1910, Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey, NJGS.
Allis Exploration, Silver Mine
Maps 1-2, Unknown sources
Andover Mines and Sulphur Hill
Map 1, Unknown source
Maps 2-3, Sims P. K. and Leonard B. F., Geology of the Andover Mining District, Sussex County NJ, New Jersey Zinc Company, Geologic Series, Bulletin 62 , NJGS
Map 4, New Jersey Zinc Company
Map 5, Unknown source
Map 6, New Jersey Zinc Company
Map 8, Unknown source
Maps 9-10, New Jersey Zinc Company
Maps 11-12, Unknown source
Map 13, Howard J. Hewitt
Map 14, New Jersey Zinc Company
Map 15, Unknown source
Map 16, Unknown source
Map 17, New Jersey Zinc Company
Map 18, Unknown source
Maps18-19, Unknown source
Map 20, Unknown source
Map 21, Howard J. Hewitt
Map 22, New Jersey Zinc Company
Maps 23-28, Unknown source
Baker Mine – Mine Hill
Map 1, Unknown source
Map 2, Alan Wood Steel Company
Maps 3, Unknown source
Map 4, Unknown source
Map 5, Joseph Wharton Iron Co.
Map 6, Unknown source
Map 7, Unknown source
Map 8, Unknown source
Baker Mine, Rockaway
Map 1, Thomas Iron Mining Co.
Maps 2-3, Unknown source
Maps 4–13, Original individual manuscript drawings for Bayley, W. S., 1910, Iron Mines and Mining In New Jersey, NJGS.
Additional map for the Baker Mine is available on page 399 of Bayley, W. S., 1910, Iron Mines and Mining In New Jersey, NJGS.
Baptist Church-Hilt Mines
Maps 1-2, US Steel Corporation
Barker Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Barton Mine
Map1, Unknown source
Beach Glen Mine
Map 1, Sims, P.K., 1958, Geology and magnetite deposits of the Dover District, Morris County, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 287, 162p.
Map 2, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Second Eastern District.
Bemco Prospect-Charlotte Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Map 2, Bemco Inc. Mining and Exploration
Black Hills Mine
Map 1, Jermain G.D. 1943. War Minerals Memorandum, Black Hills Mine, US Department of the Interior, Second Eastern District, State College , PA.
Map 2, Unknown source
Byram Mine
Map 1, Dover Iron Co.
Map 2, Unknown source
Map 3-5, Wharton Steel Co.
Additional maps for the Byram Mine available at page 567 and 568 of Cook, George H., 1868, The Geology of New Jersey.
Canfield Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Cascade District Mines
Map 1, Unknown source Map 2, Howard J. Hewitt
Chester Mines
Maps 1-5, Unknown sources
Maps 6-7, US Steel Corporation
Additional map for the Cooper Mine available at page 153 of Annual Report of theState Geologist for 1883, NJGS.
Copperas Mine-Bancroft Shaft
Map 1, Unknown Source
Crane Iron Company Lands
Map 1, Unknown source
Cummins Mine
Map 1, US Steel Corporation
Map 2, Neumann et al, 1948, Minerals Inventory, US Department of the Interior, US Bureau of Mines.
Map 3, Unknown source
Debow Mine
Map 1, Bishop and Search Iron Co.
Maps 2-3, Unknown source
Dickerson Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Maps 2-3, Wharton Steel Co.
Map 5, Unknown source
Map 6, Jermain G.D. 1943. War Minerals Memorandum, Black Hills Mine US Department of the Interior, Second Eastern District, State College, PA
Map 7, Wharton Steel Co.
Additional map for the Dickerson Mine is available on page 570 of Cook, George H., 1868, The Geology of New Jersey
Edison Mines Cross Sections
Maps 1-11, US Steel Corporation
Edison Mines Drill Holes
Maps 1-12, US Steel Corporation
Edison Mines
Maps 1-18, US Steel Corporation
Flemington Copper Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Ford, Schofield and Glendon Mines
Maps 1-2, Unknown source
Map 3, US Steel Corporation
Maps 5-6, Jermain G.D. 1943. War Minerals Memorandum, Ford, Schofield Mines, US Department of the Interior, Second Eastern District, State College, PA.
Franklin Mine (Formerly Franklin Furnace NJ)
Maps 1-2, Unknown source
Maps 3-12, New Jersey Zinc Company
Maps 13-14, Unknown source
Maps 15-20, New Jersey Zinc Company
Franklin Mine Tax Maps (Formerly Franklin Furnace NJ)
Maps 1-3, Franklin Borough
Franklin and Stirling Mine Exploration
Maps 1-7, New Jersey Zinc Company
Additional maps for the Stirling Mine available between pages 670 and 671 of Cook, George H., 1868, The Geology of New Jersey.
Franklin, Trotter and Mine Hill Mines
Maps 1-2, Bayley, W. S., 1910, Iron Mines and Mining In New Jersey
Maps 3-10, Unknown source
Additional map of a zinc mine in Franklin is on page 335 of Annual Report of the State Geologist for 1896, NJGS.
Frederick Francis Property
Map 1, Unknown source
Map 2, Standard Testing Laboratories, 93 Hyatts Avenue, Newark, NJ Oct. 20, 1930.
French’s Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Green Farm Exploration
Map 1, Unknown source
Green Pond District
Map1, Unknown source
Griggstown Copper Mine
Map 1, Original manuscript blueprint from page 137 of Annual Report of the State Geologist for 1906, NJGS.
Maps 2-3, NJGS files
Additional maps for the Griggstown mine available available on page 110 and 112 of NJGS Bulletin 57, Copper Mines and Mining in New Jersey, 1944.
Haggerty Farm and Shields Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Hamburg Area Mines
Map 1, Unknown source
Map 2, New Jersey Zinc Company
Hibernia Mine
Maps 1-2, NJGS
Map 3, US Steel Corporation
Maps 4-5, Sims, P.K., 1958, Geology and magnetite deposits of the Dover district, Morris County, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 287, 162p.
Map 6, Cook, George H., 1868, The Geology of New Jersey.
Maps 7-10, US Steel Corporation
Map 11, Wharton Steel Co.
Maps 12-14, US Steel Corporation
Map 15, Warren Foundry and Pipe Company
Map 16, US Steel Corporation
Map 17, Wharton Steel Company
Maps 18-19, US Steel Corporation
Maps 20-26, Jermain G.D. 1943. War Minerals Memorandum, Hibernia mines, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Second Eastern District, State College, PA,
Additional maps for the Hibernia mine available between pages 452 and 453 of Bayley, W. S., 1910, Iron Mines and Mining In New Jersey.
Additional maps for the Hibernia mine available between pages 326 and 327 of Annual Report of the State Geologist for 1896, NJGS.
Hoff Mine
Maps 1-3, Jermain G.D., Minerals Inventory, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Second Eastern District, State College, PA.
Map 2, Hoff Mining and Realty Improvement Co.
Hoit Mine
Maps 1-6, Unknown source
Maps 7-8, Neumann et al, 1948, Minerals Inventory, US Department of the Interior; Bureau of Mines
Map 9, US Steel Corporation
Howell Mine
Map1, Unknown source
Hurd Mine ( Jefferson Twp.)
Map1, Cook, George H., 1868, The Geology of New Jersey
Maps 2-5, Original individual manuscript drawings for Bayley, W. S., 1910, Iron Mines and Mining In New Jersey, NJGS.
Additional maps for the Hurd Mine are available between pages 606 and 607 of Cook, George H., 1868, The Geology of New Jersey.
Additional maps for the Hurd Mine are available on pages 67-70 of Annual Report of the State Geologist for 1883, NJGS.
Irondale Mines
Map 1, From between pages 326 and 327 of Annual Report of the State Geologist for 1896, NJGS.
Map 2, Unknown source
Kaiser Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Mine Processing Flow Sheets
Maps 1-3, US Steel Corporation
Maps 4-5, Alan Wood Steel Company
Mine Hill Area Mines (Jackson, Randall and Baker Mines)
Map 1, Unknown sources
Mt. Bethel Area Dip Needle Surveys
Maps 1-4, Unknown sources
Mt. Hope Mine Magnetic Surveys
Maps 1-14, US Steel Corporation
Mt. Hope Mine
Maps 1-2, US Steel Corporation
Map 3, Original individual manuscript drawing for Bayley,W.S. 1910, Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey, NJGS.
Maps 4-20, US Steel Corporation
Maps 21-26, Sims, P.K., 1958, Geology and Magnetite Deposits of the Dover District, Morris County, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 287, 162p.
Map 27, US Steel Corporation
Additional maps for the Mt. Hope/Taylor Mine is available on page 409 and 414 of Bayley,W.S. 1910, Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey.
Additional maps for the Mt. Hope Mine are available on page 594 and 595 of Cook, George H., 1868, The Geology of New Jersey.
Mt. Olive Area Mines
Maps 1-3, US Steel Corporation
Maps 4-8, Unknown Source
Maps 9-16, Warren Pipe and Foundry Co.
Maps 17-23, Pittsburgh Coke and Iron Co.
Map 24, Unknown source
Map 25, Neumann et al, 1948, Minerals Inventory, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines.
Maps 26-31, Jermain G. D., July,1943, War Minerals Report, Mount Olive Mine, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Second Eastern District.
Mt. Olive Area Dip Needle Surveys
Maps 1-13, Unknown source
Mt-Pleasant-Sterling-Corwin Mines
Map 1, Sims, P.K., 1958, Geology and Magnetite Deposits of the Dover District, Morris County, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 287, 162p.
Additional maps for the Mt. Pleasant Mine is available on page 579 and 580 of Cook, George H., 1868, The Geology of New Jersey.
Additional map for the Mt. Pleasant Mine is available on page 65 of Annual Report of the State Geologist for 1883, NJGS.
Naughtright Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
New Brunswick Copper Mine
Map 1, Rutgers University
New Mine
Map for the New Mine available on page 246 of Bayley,W.S. 1910, Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey.
Orchard and Hurd Mines
Map 1, Unknown source
Map 2, Wharton Steel Co.
Maps 3-4, Unknown sources
Oxford Mines (Formerly Oxford Furnace NJ)
Maps 1-7, US Steel Corporation
Maps 8-11, Empire Iron and Steel Corporation
Maps 12 Allen Wood Steel Company
Maps 13-21, Shippen Manor Museum Collection
Additional map for the Oxford Mine available between page 248 and 249 of Bayley,W.S. 1910, Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey.
Additional maps available between pages 541- 542 of Cook, George H., 1868, The Geology of New Jersey.
Pahaquarry Mine
Maps for the Pahaquarry Copper Mine is available on page 126 and 127 of NJGS Bulletin 57, Copper Mines and Mining in New Jersey, 1944.
Pardee, Davenport and Winter Mines
Map1, Unknown source
Henry Tunnels and Pequest Mine
Map 1, US Steel Corporation
Map 2-3, Neumann et al, 1948., Minerals Inventory, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
Pochuck Mine
Maps for the Pochuck Mine available on page 60 of Bayley,W.S. 1910, Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey.
Potter Farm Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Queen Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Randall Hill Mine
A map can be found on page 63 of Annual Report of theState Geologist for 1883, NJGS.
Replogle Mines
Maps 1-2, US Steel Corporation
Maps 3-6, Wharton Steel Co.
Richard Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Map 2, US Steel Corporation
Maps 3-4, Sims, P.K., 1958, Geology and Magnetite Deposits of the Dover District, Morris County, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 287, 162p.
Map 5, US Steel Corporation
Additional map available on page 330 of the Annual Report of the State Geologist for 1896, NJGS.
Ringwood Mines
Map 1, US Steel Corporation
Map 2, US Department of the Interior, Geological Survey
Map 3, US Steel Corporation
Maps 4-22, Allen Wood Steel Company
Maps 23-27, Hotz, P.E., 1952, Magnetite deposits of the Sterling Lake, N.Y.-Ringwood, N.J. area: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 982-F.
Map 28-30, Richard A. Alaimo Engineering Associates, April 28, 1983
Map 31, US Steel Corporation
Map 32, Hotz,P.E., 1952, Magnetite deposits of the Sterling Lake, N.Y.-Ringwood, N.J. area: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 982-F.
Map 33, US Steel Corporation
Maps 34-35, US Steel Corporation
Map 36, Hotz, P.E., 1952, Magnetite deposits of the Sterling Lake, N.Y.-Ringwood, N.J. area: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 982-F.
Maps 37-44 US Steel Corporation.
Maps 45-52, Alan Wood Steel Company
Additional maps for the Ringwood (Blue and Bush Mine) available at page between on page 476 and 477 of Bayley,W.S. 1910, Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey.
Additional map available between page 540 -541 of Cook, George H., 1868, The Geology of New Jersey, NJGS
Schaefer Farm Exploration
Map 1, Unknown source
Schuyler Mine
Map 1, Jenny Engineering Corporation, Consulting Engineers, South Orange, NJ, June 1978.
Map 2-3, US Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Strategic Minerals Investigations, June 1943.
Map 4, Anonymous, 1900, The Schuyler Copper Mine in New Jersey: Engineering and Mining Journal, Vol. 69, pp. 135-137.
Map 5, Granbery, J. H., 1907, The Schuyler Mine: Journal of the Franklin Institute, July-Sept., Philadelphia, 22 p.
Additional maps for the Schuyler Mine available available on pages 41 and 42 of NJGS Bulletin 57, Copper Mines and Mining in New Jersey, 1944.
Additional maps for the Schuyler Mine available available pages 140 and 142 of Annual Report of the State Geologist for 1906, NJGS.
Scranton Lease Exploration
Map 1, Unknown source
Scrub Oaks Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Maps 2-3, US Steel Corporation
Maps 4-5, Sims, P.K., 1958, Geology and magnetite deposits of the Dover District, Morris County, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 287, 162p.
Map 6, US Steel Corporation
Maps 7-8, Alan Wood Steel Company
Maps 9-10, Unknown source
Map 11, Alan Wood Steel Company
Map 12, US Bureau of Mines
Map 13, Unknown source
Maps 14-18, US Bureau of Mines
Maps 19-35, Alan Wood Steel Company
Searle Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Shoemaker Mine
Maps 1-6, Shoemaker Mining and Manufacturing Company
Silver Spring Mine
Map 1, US Steel Corporation
Smith Prospect and Duffee Mines
Map 1, US Steel Corporation
Maps 2-5, Mrs. Sue Smith
Somerville Copper Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
An additional map for the Somerville Copper Mine is available on page 76 of NJGS Bulletin 57, Copper Mines and Mining in New Jersey, 1944.
Swedes Mine
Map available on page 551 of Cook, George H., 1868, The Geology of New Jersey.
Stanhope MineMap available between page 289 and 290 of Bayley,W.S. 1910, Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey.
Sterling Hill Mine, Ogdensburg, Sussex County
Map 1,Sterling Hill Mining Museum
Maps 2-11, New Jersey Zinc Company
Sterling Mine, Wharton, Morris County
Map available on page 387 of Bayley,W.S. 1910, Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey.
Stinson Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Turkey Hill and Swayze Mines
Maps 1-2, Unknown source
Map 3, Neumann et al, 1948, Minerals Inventory, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines.
Waterloo Mine
Map 1, Unknown source
Weldon and Lower Weldon Mines
Map 1, US Steel Corporation
Maps 2-15, Original individual manuscript drawings for Bayley, W. S., 1910, Iron Mines and Mining In New Jersey, NJGS.
Map 16, Jefferson Twp.
Additional maps available on page 337 and 339 of Bayley,W.S. 1910, Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey.
Additional map available on page 72 of Annual Report of theState Geologist for 1883, NJGS.
Welling Mine
Map 1, US Steel Corporation
Maps 2-3, Unknown source
Wharton Mine District
Maps 1-2, Unknown source
Maps 3-4, Replogle Steel Company
White Meadow Mine
Map 1, Sims, P.K., 1958, Geology and magnetite deposits of the Dover District, Morris County, New Jersey: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 287, 162p.
Wildcat and Van Sykles Mines
Maps 1-2, Unknown source
New Jersey Statewide and Regional Mine Maps
Maps 1-2, US Steel Corporation
Map 3, Annual Report of the State Geologist for 1890, NJGS
Maps 4-6, Cook, George H., 1868, The Geology of New Jersey
Map 7, US Steel Corporation
Map 8, Neumann et al, 1948. Minerals Inventory, US Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines.
Maps 9-13, US Steel Corporation
Maps 14-15, Unknown source
Additional large regional iron mine location maps are available at the end of Bayley,W.S. 1910, Iron Mines and Mining in New Jersey.
Additional large regional copper mine location map is available after page 134 of Annual Report of the State Geologist for 1906, NJGS.
Additional large regional copper mine location map is available on page 11 of NJGS Bulletin 57, Copper Mines and Mining in New Jersey, 1944.