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Sterling Mine

Past Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Iron, Manganese, Zinc
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Production statistics
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10198715
MRDS ID W020333
MAS/MILS ID 0340370001
Record type Site
Current site name Sterling Mine
Alternate or previous names Sterling Hill Underground
Related records 10099813

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.60599, 41.0839 (WGS84)
Elevation 182
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(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)

Rondout(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Sussex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Andradite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Calcite Unknown
Diopside Unknown
Dolomite Unknown
Fowlerite Unknown
Franklinite Unknown
Friedelite Unknown
Hardystonite Unknown
Lead Unknown
Rhodonite Unknown
Schefferite Unknown
Sphalerite Unknown
Tephroite Unknown
Willemite Unknown
Zincite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.60599, 41.0839
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N70E
    Dip 55S
    Thickness 3M
    Length 914M
    Width 533M
    Area 39HA
    Depth to top 381M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 REPLACEMENT
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Type of Orebody #2 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #2 OTHER
    Type of Orebody #3 DISSEMINATED
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FOLDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 DOLOMITIZATION
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #2 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N70E:55S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 39
    Date of Last Modification 830708

Comments on the geologic information

  • TYPE OF WALLROCK ALTERATION IS SERPENTINE-TALC ALT. ORE BODY OCCURS WITHIN OVERTURNED SYNCLINE. FOLD TRENDS N70E, AND PLUNGES 45 DEGREES. BOTH EAST AND WEST LIMB DIP 55 DEGREES EAST.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1840
Mining method Filled Stopes - Horiz Cut and Fill W/Waste Rock
Year of first production 1915
Milling method Sizing

Mining district

District name Franklin Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the ownership information

  • NEW JERSEY ZINC SOLD BY GULF & WESTERN TO HORSEHEAD INDUSTRIES FOR AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT IN 1985. ZINC OPERATION NOW OWNED BY ZINC CORP. OF AMERICA OPERATED AS A TOURIST ATTRACTION BY UNKNOWN OWNERS. (COMMUNICATION WITH ZINC CORP. OF AMERICA, 1993)

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Description Zinc Ore 175400 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 175400mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Zinc Ore 178200 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 178200mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Zinc Ore 173400 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 173400mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Zinc Ore 188600 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 188600mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Zinc Ore 187800 Mt Ore
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 187800mt
  • Year 1978
    Description 28,914 Mt Zn Recovered 167100 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 28914mt
  • Year 1979
    Description 31,118 Mt Zn Recovered 175700 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 31118mt
  • Year 1980
    Description 28,858 Mt Zn Recovered 162200 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 38858mt
  • Year 1981
    Description 16,198 Mt Zn Recovered 89000 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 16198mt
  • Year 1982
    Description 16,800 Mt Zn Recovered 94000 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 16800mt
  • Year 1983
    Description 16,475 Mt Zn Recovered 87800 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 16475mt
  • Year 1984
    Description 14,106 Mt Zn Recovered 86900 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 14106mt
  • Year 1985
    Description 13,286 Mt Zn Recovered 76000 Mt Ore Milled
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 13286mt
  • Year 1986
    Description 3,857 Mt Zn Recovered 21900 Mt Ore Milled Closed 3/86
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Zinc Zinc 3857mt

Comments on the production information

  • TYPE OF WALLROCK ALTERATION IS SERPENTINE-TALC ALT. ORE BODY OCCURS WITHIN OVERTURNED SYNCLINE. FOLD TRENDS N70E, AND PLUNGES 45 DEGREES. BOTH EAST AND WEST LIMB DIP 55 DEGREES EAST. PRODUCTION DATA FROM BU MINES PRODUCTION STATISTICS MINE PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN MAR 1986 - MINEABLE RESERVES EXHAUSTED.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Measured 1644600mt ore
    Demonstrated 1644600mt ore
    Total resources 1644600mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Zinc Zn 22.1 wt-pct Zinc Major 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVE FIGURE REPRESENTS TONNAGE AVAILABLE AFTER ALLOWANCES FOR PILLARS AND DILUTION.
  • MATRIX 1 IN SITU RESERVE AND GRADE ESTIMATED BASED ON GULF & WESTERN INC. 10-K REPORT FOR 1980. RESERVES ARE AS OF JANUARY 1983. RECOVERABLE RESERVES ARE 1,414,400 METRIC TONS AT 22.1% ZN, 10.0% FE, AND 6.0% MN. .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 0M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method HORIZ CUT & FILL W/WASTE ROCK 10-60
    Swell Factor .5
    Percent Recovery 95
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics ONE SYSTEM OF WEAKNESS PLANES
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. TIMBER
    Length of Inclines (m) 833
    Slope of Inclines 55
    Number of Inclines 3
    Avg. Length of Adits (m) 305
    Number of Adits 1
    1st Condition of Workings OPEN
    Capacity 440
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 41.03
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDINGS WERE NOT DETERMINED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CAMMAROTA, A.V., JR. ZINC. BUMINES MINERALS YEARBOOK 1980,

  • Deposit

    V. 1, 1982, PP. 883-912.

  • Deposit

    DILORENZO, E.B. (ED.). RESOURCES - DOMESTIC MINES ISSUE,

  • Deposit

    NATURAL RESOURCES GROUP, V. II, 1977, 20 PP.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORY OF

  • Deposit

    MINING AND MINERAL PROCESSING OPERATIONS, 1977,

  • Deposit

    PP. 113 AND 207.

  • Deposit

    GULF & WESTERN INDUSTRIES, INC. FORM 10K, SECURITIES AND

  • Deposit

    EXCHANGE COMMISSION, 1980.

  • Deposit

    HAGUE, J.M., ET. AL. GEOLOGY AND STRUCTURE OF THE FRANKLIN-

  • Deposit

    STERLING AREA, NEW JERSEY. GEOL. SOC. AMER. BULL.,

  • Deposit

    V. 67, 1956, PP. 435-473.

  • Deposit

    KEBBLISH, W., AND R.J. TUCHMAN. THE MINERAL INDUSTRY OF NEW

  • Deposit

    JERSEY. BUMINES MINERALS YEARBOOK 1980, V. 2, 1982,

  • Deposit

    PP. 355-363.

  • Deposit

    METSGER, R.W., ET. AL. GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE STERLING HILL

  • Deposit

    ZINC DEPOSIT, SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. GEOL. SOC.

  • Deposit

    AMER. BULL., V. 69, 1958, PP. 775-788.

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING. NEW JERSEY ZINC, FRANKLIN-STERLING

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS. DECEMBER 1953, PP. 1208-1213.

  • Deposit

    PALACHE, C. THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL,

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    SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF.

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    PAPER 180, 1935, PP. 2-24.

  • Deposit

    PINGER, A.W. GEOLOGY OF THE FRANKLIN-STERLING AREA, SUSSEX

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    COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. 18TH INTER. GEOL. CONG. REPORT,

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    1950, PP. 7, 77-87.

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    RIDGE, J.D. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS IN

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    THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE. GEOL. SOC. AMER. MEMOIR 131,

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    1972, PP. 434-439.

  • Deposit

    SKILLINGS' MINING REVIEW. U.S. NONFUEL MINERAL PRODUCTION

  • Deposit

    IN 1980. FEBRUARY 28, 1981, P. 12.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATABASE AND FILE UPDATED DURING MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, FY 1983. ORIGINAL EVALUATION BY C.P. MISHRA IN NOVEMBER 1978. PRIMARY REPORT REVISIONS INCLUDED UPDATE OF RESERVES, PERSONNEL, OPERATING PRODUCTION CAPACITY AND RELATED CHANGES. MA REPORT WAS ALSO UPDATED TO REFLECT THE CURRENT (1983) FORMAT, INCLUDING BACKUP SECTIONS. REPORT UPDATED JUNE 1983 BY EFOC. PROPERTY UPDATE OCT 1987.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-MAR-93 J J G U.S. Bureau of Mines

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