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Schofield Mines

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021768
MRDS ID DE01261
Record type Site
Current site name Schofield Mines
Alternate or previous names Scofield Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.57459, 41.015 (WGS84)
Elevation 384

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(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)

Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Morris

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1954)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 53-64% FE, 0.016-0.9% S, TRACE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Pyroxene Gneiss
    Rock description Pyroxene Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) Green Pond Conglomerate
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 80 SE
    Plunge 35-40
    Plunge direction NE
    Thickness 5.49M
    Depth to bottom 33.53M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1855
Year of last production 1890

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Crane Iron Co.
    Home office Catasauqua, Pa.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Adam Scott Realty Corp, Inc.
    Home office 101 Eisenhower Pkwy. Roseland, NJ 07068

Comments on the workings information

  • HUGE TAILINGS PILES ARE PRESENT WITH SEVERAL PITS AND TRENCHES.

Comments on development

  • IN LATER YEARS, MINING WAS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE LOWER VEIN OF 3 VEINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910. IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST.

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1987.

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEORGE H., 1890. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1890.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE VEINS; PEGMATITE ASSOCIATED WITH THE GNEISS HOST.
Deposit SEE FORD & DODGE MINES FOR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.

Reporter 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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