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Lakehurst Mine

Producer in Ocean county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107253
MRDS ID W000761
Record type Site
Current site name Lakehurst Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.34958, 40.21668 (WGS84)
Relative position LEGLER AREA, 3 MI. NORTHWEST OF LAKEHURST

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Monmouth(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Adelphia(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trenton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Ocean

Comments on the location information

  • INFORMATION IS TAKEN FROM REFERENCE 1A UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Zirconium Critical Secondary
Kyanite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ILMENITE AND LEUCOXENE MAKE UP 80-85 PERCENT OF THE HEAVY MINERALS, WHICH IN TURN MAKE UP 4.5 PERCENT OF THE SANDS(1B)

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Monazite Gangue
Staurolite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue
Anatase Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.34958, 40.21668
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Thickness 15.24M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Precambrian Granites And Gneisses As Source Of Heavy Minerals

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: PLACER-FOSSIL-FLUVIAL AND MARINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1956
Discoverer New Jersey Geological Survey
Production years 1962 TO PRESENT

Mining district

District name Lakehurst Area

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Glidden-Durkee Div., Scm Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION FIGURES ARE COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • AREA OF ITEM 1 INCLUDES 15,000 ACRES IN THE ENTIRE LAKEHURST-LAKEWOOD REGION AS WELL AS A SMALL DEPOSIT SOUTH OF BROWNS MILL IN BURLINGTON CO. AND IS GIVEN IN RESERVES OF TI02. APPROXIMATELY 8500 ACRES ARE NOW HELD AS RESERVES BY GLIDDEN, AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO., AND AMERICAN CYANAMID IN OCEAN & BURLINGTON COS. IF THEIR TOTAL ESTIMATED PRODUCTION RATE AVERAGED 250,000 ST HEAVY MINERALS PER YEAR, THIS WOULD GIVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 60-65 YEARS FOR THE COMBINED PROPERTIES.
  • AREA OF ITEM 1 INCLUDES 15,000 ACRES IN THE ENTIRE LAKEHURST-LAKEWOOD REGION AS WELL AS A SMALL DEPOSIT SOUTH OF BROWNS MILL IN BURLINGTON COUNTY AND IS GIVEN IN RESERVES OF TIO2. APPROXIMATELY 8500 ACRES ARE NOW HELD AS RESERVES BY GLIDDEN,AMERICAN SMELTING AND REFINING CO., AND AMERICAN CYANAMID IN OCEAN AND BURLINGTON COUNTIES. IF THEIR TOTAL ESTIMATED COMBINED PRODUCTION RATE AVERAGED 250, 000 ST HEAVY MINERALS PER YEAR, THIS WOULD GIVE A LIFE EXPECTANCY OF 60-65 YEARS FOR THE COMBINED PROPERTIES.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 505.875HA

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: ILMENITE IN COMPOSITE SAMPLE HAS 54.7 PERCENT TIO2

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1B. QUIRK, RICHARD, AND EILERTSEN, N.A., 1963, METHODS AND COSTS OF EXPLORATION AND PILOT PLANT TESTING OF ILMENITE-BEARING SANDS, LAKEHURST MINE, THE GLIDDEN CO., OCEAN COUNTY, N.J.: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES INF.CIRC. 8197, 68 P.

  • Deposit

    1956 GEOEXPL NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ESTABLISHED PRESENCE OF TITANIUM MINERAL

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THICKNESS IN THE COHANSEY FM (THE ONLY ONE BEING MINED SO FAR) IS: 1A - 40 FT MAX (AVG. 25 FT); 1B - 50 FT MAX (AVG. 20 FT).

Reporter information

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

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