Williams Mine, McAfee, Vernon Township, Sussex County, New Jersey, USAi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Williams Mine | Mine |
| McAfee | - not defined - |
| Vernon Township | Township |
| Sussex County | County |
| New Jersey | State |
| USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 9' North , 74° 29' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
| Place | Population | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Highland Lake | 4,933 (2017) | 3.7km |
| Vernon Center | 1,713 (2017) | 4.6km |
| Hamburg | 3,155 (2017) | 7.8km |
| Franklin | 4,855 (2017) | 8.7km |
| Vernon Valley | 1,626 (2017) | 9.6km |
Nearest Clubs:
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| Club | Location | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Orange County Mineral Society | Middletown, New York | 33km |
| North Jersey Mineralogical Society, Inc. | Paterson, New Jersey | 37km |
| Morris Museum Mineralogical Society | Morristown, New Jersey | 39km |
Mindat Locality ID:
13027
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:13027:0
GUID (UUID V4):
93d06b5a-2669-491e-84af-abcdb66618e7
A former Fe mine in magnetite ore located 4.6 km (2.8 miles) ESE of McAfee, ½ mile East of Vernon-Stockholm Road & 3 miles South of Vernon. Started about 1815 & closed 1830, closed again in 1870, then worked 1870-1876, 1880 & 1881-1883. Ore vein was 275 feet long x 11 feet average width. Workings included 3 shafts (1870) with the main shaft 200 feet deep.
In the 1920's and early 1930's, during prohibition, there was a rather large still that operated at an isolated homestead not far from the Williams mine. The bootleggers transported their goods to the city in a specially reconfigured Hupmobile, a long extinct brand of automobile. When the Fed's finally knocked over the operation in 1932 my uncle Roy, a local farmer, told me the bootleggers pushed the loaded Hupmobile into one of the old shafts at the Williams mine before slipping away into the woods. Presumably its remnants are there to this day.
Select Mineral List Type
Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Magnetite Formula: Fe2+Fe3+2O4 References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Zircon Formula: Zr(SiO4) |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| ⓘ | Magnetite | 4.BB.05 | Fe2+Fe3+2O4 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Zircon | 9.AD.30 | Zr(SiO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| O | Oxygen | |
|---|---|---|
| O | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| O | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Magnetite | Fe2+Fe23+O4 |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Zr | Zirconium | |
| Zr | ⓘ Zircon | Zr(SiO4) |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Appalachian BasinBasin
- Laurentides DomainDomain
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