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Manchester Unit & Plant

Past Producer in Ocean county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Titanium
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  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 10198958
MRDS ID ISM0731
MAS/MILS ID 0340290002
Record type Site
Current site name Manchester Unit & Plant
Related records 10024979

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -74.34458, 39.98531 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ocean(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Keswick Grove(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Hammonton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wilmington(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mullica-Toms(hydrologic unit)

Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Ocean

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chert Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Kyanite Unknown
Mica Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Rutile Unknown
Sillimanite Unknown
Staurolite Unknown
Zircon Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -74.34458, 39.98531
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 01S
    Thickness 20M
    Length 2149M
    Width 1074M
    Area 364HA
    Depth to top 1M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 PLACER
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45E:01S
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 1
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 364
    Date of Last Modification 830521

Comments on the geologic information

  • PRECISE ORE BODY DENSITY IS CALCULATED TO BE 2.17 GM/CC.
  • DIMENSIONS ARE HYPOTHETICAL FOR ENTRY INTO THE MAS DATA BASE. ACTUAL DIP IS LESS THAN 1 DEGREE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1956
Mining method Dredging
Year of first production 1973
Milling method Magnetic And Electrostatic

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Heritage Minerals
    ID 2800719
    Interest 100
    Home office P. O. Box 12, Lakehurst, Nj 80733
    Year 1988

Comments on the ownership information

  • PRECISE ORE BODY DENSITY IS CALCULATED TO BE 2.17 GM/CC. HERITAGE MINERALS PURCHASED PROPERTY FROM ASARCO IN FEB 1985 FOR AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT.

Production statistics

  • Year 1973
    Description Ilmenite Concentrate 57376 Mt Concentrate/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Titanium Titanium 57376mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Ilmenite Concentrate 117420 Mt Concentrate/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Titanium Titanium 117420mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Ilmenite Concentrate 106734 Mt Concentrate/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Titanium Titanium 106734mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Ilmenite Concentrate 116490 Mt Concentrate/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Titanium Titanium 116490mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Ilmenite Concentrate 156634 Mt Concentrate/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major CON Titanium Titanium 156634mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Ilmenite Concentrate 174956 Mt Concentrate/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Titanium Titanium 174956mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Ilmenite Concentrate 165539 Mt Concentrate/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Titanium Titanium 165539mt
  • Year 1980
    Description Ilmenite Concentrate 165397 Mt Concentrate/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Titanium Titanium 165397mt
  • Year 1981
    Description Ilmenite Concentrate 170080 Mt Concentrate/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Titanium Titanium 170080mt
  • Year 1982
    Description Ilmenite Concentrate 26915 Mt Concentrate/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Titanium Titanium 26915mt

Comments on the production information

  • PRECISE OVERALL TIO2 RECOVERY IS 79 PERCENT.
  • DIMENSIONS ARE HYPOTHETICAL FOR ENTRY INTO THE MAS DATA BASE. ACTUAL DIP IS LESS THAN 1 DEGREE. 1973-1982 PRODUCTION DATA FROM BU MINES PRODUCTION STATISTICS. ASARCO CEASED OPERATIONS AT THE MANCHESTER UNIT FEB.28,1982.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1973
    Indicated 163296000mt ore
    Demonstrated 163296000mt ore
    Total resources 163296000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Titanium TiO2 1.95 wt-pct Titanium Major 1973

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES AS OF JAN. 1, 1981 WERE ESTIMATED TO BE 109,891,335 METRIC TONS. AVERAGE MONTHLY CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION FOR 1979, 1980 WAS USED TO CALCULATE CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION FROM JAN. 1, 1981 TO MARCH 1, 1982. RESERVES GIVEN IN MATRIX 1 ARE AS OF MARCH 1, 1982 AND ARE BASED ON RESERVE FIGURES PROVIDED BY T.M. LI IN "START- UP OF MANCHESTER MINE AND MILL BOOSTS U.S. PRODUCTION OF PRIMARY ILMENITE.", ENG. MIN. J., DEC. 1973, P.71, AND PRODUCTION STATISTICS FROM U.S. BUMINES MICROFILM. .

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 231HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method DREDGING
    Swell Factor .88
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 1
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore SAND, GRAVEL
    Capacity 20000
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 2308
    Unit Production Cost .7
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 355
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1982

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL PROPOSED LAND HOLDING IS 636 HECTARES. FROM JUNE 1973 TO MARCH 1982, 425 HECTARES OF LAND WERE DISTURBED BY MINING. IT IS ESTIMATED THAT AN ADDITIONAL 364 HECTARES WOULD BE DISTURBED OVER THE REMAINING MINE LIFE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    LI, T.M. STARTUP OF MANCHESTER MINE AND MILL BOOSTS U.S.

  • Reserve-Resource

    PRODUCTION OF PRIMARY ILMENITE. ENG. AND MIN. J.,

  • Deposit

    AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS. GEOLOGIC

  • Deposit

    HIGHWAY MAP OF NORTHEASTERN REGION, MAP NO. 10, 1962.

  • Deposit

    CARPENTER, J.H., ET AL. MINING AND CONCENTRATION OF ILMEN-

  • Deposit

    ITE AND ASSOCIATED MINERALS AT TRAIL RIDGE, FLORIDA.

  • Deposit

    MIN. ENG., AUGUST 1953, PP. 789-795.

  • Deposit

    GROGAN, R.M. MILLING AT DUPONT'S HEAVY MINERAL MINES IN

  • Deposit

    FLORIDA. MILLING METHODS IN THE AMERICAS. N.

  • Deposit

    ARBITAR, ED., GORDON AND BREACH, NEW YORK, 1964,

  • Deposit

    PP. 205-229.

  • Deposit

    LI, T.M. STARTUP OF THE MANCHESTER MINE AND MILL BOOSTS

  • Deposit

    U.S. PRODUCTION OF PRIMARY ILMENITE. ENG. AND MIN. J.,

  • Deposit

    DECEMBER 1973, PP. 71-75.

  • Deposit

    MARKEWICZ, F.J. ILMENITE DEPOSITS OF THE NEW JERSEY COASTAL

  • Deposit

    PLAIN. GEOLOGY OF SELECTED AREAS OF NEW JERSEY AND

  • Deposit

    EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND GUIDEBOOK OF EXCURSIONS.

  • Deposit

    S. SUBITZKY, ED., RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PRESS, RUTGERS,

  • Deposit

    NEW JERSEY, 1969, PP. 363-382.

  • Deposit

    MARKEWICZ, F.J., D.G. PARILLO, AND M.E. JOHNSON. TITANIUM

  • Deposit

    SANDS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. N.J. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BOOK-

  • Deposit

    LET, PRES. AT AIME ANNUAL MEETING, FEBRUARY 1958,

  • Deposit

    PP. 1-16.

  • Deposit

    NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. GENERAL HIGHWAY

  • Deposit

    MAP, OCEAN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, 1976.

  • Deposit

    PETERSON, E.C. TITANIUM RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES IC 8290, 1966, PP. 29-30.

  • Deposit

    ROBERTS, A.E. HOW NEW $3,000,000 HIGHLAND PLANT RECOVERS

  • Deposit

    TITANIFEROUS MINERALS. MIN. WORLD, OCTOBER 1955,

  • Deposit

    PP. 52-55, 72.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit INCLUDED WITH #0340290002 PROPERTY UPDATED JAN. 1988

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 05-APR-95 Jg / Dw U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 09/20/1990
MSHA mine ID2800719
Mine name (MSHA)Heritage Minerals Incorporated
Current operatorHeritage Minerals Inc
Current controller (parent)Mc Omber Richard
Mine typeFacility (Metal / non-metal)

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