Lakehurstasarcodeposit

Occurrence in Ocean county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Titanium, Metal
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067885
MRDS ID W000759
Record type Site
Current site name Lakehurstasarcodeposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.33291, 40.05001 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ocean(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lakehurst(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trenton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mullica-Toms(hydrologic unit)

Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Ocean

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.33291, 40.05001

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1A. LYND, L.E., 1972, TITANIUM: MINING ENG., V.24, NO. 1, P. 56-57.

  • Deposit

    1B. MARKEWICZ, F.J., 1969, ILMENITE DEPOSITS OF THE NEW JERSEY COASTAL PLAIN, IN GEOLOGY OF SELECTED AREAS IN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND GUIDEBOOK OF EXCURSIONS "(GEOL. SOC. AMERICA ANN. MTG. 1969): NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., RUTGERS UNIV. PRESS, P. 363-382.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO. HAS CONTRACTED TO SUPPLY DUPONT WITH 1,830,000ST OF ILMENITE OVER A TEN-YEAR PERIOD STARTING IN 1973, FROM ITS LAKEHURST DEPOSIT, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE ABLE TO PRODUCE ABOUT 183,000ST ILMENITE ANNUALLY FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS AS A CONCENTRATE AVERAGING 62.5 PERCENT TIO2.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.