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Andover-Sulphur Hill Mine

Past Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Copper, Iron, Lead, Zinc
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174426
MAS/MILS ID 0340370027
Record type Site
Current site name Andover-Sulphur Hill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.73319, 41.0061 (WGS84)
Elevation 186
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newton East(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 Sussex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.73319, 41.0061
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

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 Lenape Corp.
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Crane Iron Co.
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1976

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES ARE ESTIMATED AT 75000 TONS OF LOW GRADE MAGNETITE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S.BUREAU OF MINES R.I.4152, 1947, 12 P.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 220-223.

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT 91.12, 1943, 23 P.

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT 4. ANDOVER-SULPHER HILL MINE. ANDOVER, S

  • Deposit

    OUNTY, N.J. 1942. 4 P.

  • Deposit

    SIMS, P.K. & B.F. LEONARD. 1952. GEOLOGY OF THE ANDOVER MINI

  • Deposit

    RICT, SUSSEX COUNTY, N.J. N.J. DEPT OF CONS. & ECON. DEV. BU

  • Deposit

    GEOLOGIC SERIES. 46 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-83 Potts, R.R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

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