| Deposit ID | 10021737 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | DE01127 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Roberts Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.56848, 41.06583 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 384 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sussex(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Franklin(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Hackensack-Passaic(hydrologic unit)
Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Sussex |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Result | 1880: NE STOPE - 63.91% FE, 0.613% P, O.133% S |
|---|---|
| Result | SW STOPE - 64.22% FE, 0.746% P, 0.105% S |
| Host or associated | Host | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||
| Rock unit name | Biotite Gneiss | ||||
| Rock description | Biotite Gneiss | ||||
| |||||
| (1) | -74.56848, 41.06583 |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1873 |
| Year of last production | 1879 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Allentown Rolling Mill Co. |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | U.S. Steel Corp. |
| Home office | 600 Grant St. Room 2469 Pittsburgh, Pa. 15230 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | DE01127 |
BAYLEY, WILLIAM S. 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST.
FIELD CHECKED 1987.
COOK, GEORGE H., 1879. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1879.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | AT 75 FT DOWN ORE PINCHED OUT TO 18 INCHES, BUT SWELLED AGAIN AND WAS 15 FT WIDE AT ABOUT 270 FT DEEP. |
| Deposit | SEE ODGEN MINES FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-MAY-1987 | Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) | New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography |
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MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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