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Raub Mine

Past Producer in Warren 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 10082288
MRDS ID W055004
Record type Site
Current site name Raub Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.01377, 40.82417 (WGS84)
Elevation 201

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Belvidere(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(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 Warren

Comments on the location information

  • PART OF BELVIDERE MINE GROUP ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE WAS A FINE, EARTHY, MANGANIFEROUS MIXTURE OF LIMONITE AND HARD ORE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Sphalerite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1873: FE 33.80%
Result MN 1.836%
Result P .192%
Result SIO2 24.82%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Franklin
    Rock description Franklin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.01377, 40.82417
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip NORTH

Comments on the geologic information

  • SPHALERITE WAS REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE SOUTHWEST PIT BETWEEN 1873-1875

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1872
Year of last production 1891

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Bethlehem Iron Co. Till 1875. Paint Used By Wade And Buckley Of Easton, Pa
  • Type Owner
    Owner Frank Percarpio 72 Bald Eagle Hackettstown, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • STARTED AS TEST PITS IN 1872. ONE PASSED THROUGH 68' OF SOFT ROCK AND SEVERAL FEET OF ORE. BY 1875 ONE PIT WAS MADE INTO A SHAFT 90' DEEP. DRIFTS 200'; SW PIT ALSO CHANGED TO SHAFT; 1890 A NEW SHAFT FOUND AN ORE DEPOSIT 6 FEET THICK; SEVEN PITS, 2 OF WHICH ARE 15' X 5' DEEP ARE STILL VISABLE WITH LIMONITE ON SURFACE (1985)

Comments on development

  • NO WORK WAS DONE FROM 1875 TO 1890. IN 1890 PROSPECTING WAS RESUMED BUT MINE CLOSED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S., 1910, MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PP 212-213

  • Deposit

    UNKNOWN, 1952, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE RAN ESSENTIALLY EAST-WEST

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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