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Ford-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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150401
MAS/MILS ID 0340270044
Record type Site
Current site name Ford-Schofield Mines
Alternate or previous names Ford, Schofield Scofield

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.57819, 41.0136 (WGS84)
Elevation 363
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.57819, 41.0136
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1855

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Warren Pipe And Foundry Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bethlehem Steel Co.
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM, REGIONAL FILE NO.E-568, 1943, 14 P.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 304-307.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTIMATED PRODUCTION IS 362500 TONS OF MAGNETITE ORE. INFERR RESERVES ARE 438000 TONS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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