Arlington Copper Mine

Past Producer in Hudson county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Copper
Sections on this page
  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. Reserves and resources
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10296229
MAS/MILS ID 0340170001
Record type Site
Current site name Arlington Copper Mine
Alternate or previous names Schuyler Copper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.12847, 40.7783 (WGS84)
Elevation 30
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bergen(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Orange(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(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 Hudson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Azurite Unknown
Chalcocite Unknown
Chrysocolla Unknown
Copper Unknown
Cuprite Unknown
Malachite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.12847, 40.7783

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N28E
    Dip 09W
    Thickness 3M
    Length 91M
    Width 15M
    Area 10HA
    Depth to top 14.5M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 DISSEMINATED
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Secondary mode of Origin CONT METASOMATIC
    Primary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Secondary Ore Control BEDDING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 BLEACHING
    Strike And Dip N28E:09W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 2
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 10
    Date of Last Modification 820312

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1714
Year of first production 1721

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Mixed

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Scandia Mfg. Co.
    Interest 51
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1977
  • Type Owner
    Owner Borough Of North Arlington New Jersey
    Interest 49
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1977

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Indicated 5000000mt ore
    Demonstrated 5000000mt ore
    Inferred 5000000mt ore
    Total resources 10000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 2.5 wt-pct Copper Trace 1943
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1943
    Indicated 11000mt ore
    Demonstrated 11000mt ore
    Inferred 11000mt ore
    Total resources 22000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Copper Cu 1.25 wt-pct Copper Trace 1943

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CORNWALL H.R. "THE ARLINGTON COPPER MINE" U.S.G.S. WAR MINER

  • Deposit

    ORT. 1943 NOV. 5 PP. FILE 91.287

  • Deposit

    JERMAIN G.D. "SCHUYLER OR ARLINGTON COPPER MINE" WAR MINERAL

  • Deposit

    ANDUM. REGIONAL FILE NO.E287. 7PP FEB 1943.

  • Deposit

    WEED W.H. "COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE APPALACHIAN STATES" U.S.G.

  • Deposit

    455. 1911. PG. 42.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATION / IN NORTH ARLINGTON, NEW JERSEY, NEAR THE CORNER O LER AVENUE AND BELLEVILLE PIKE. HISTORY / DISCOVERED IN 1714 AND WORKED CONTINUOUSLY UNTIL 1 1899 THE ARLINGTON COPPER COMPANY INITIATED A DEVELOPMENT PR ESULTING IN ESTIMATES OF 5000000 SHORT TONS OF ORE AT 2.5% C A MILL, POWER PLANT, ROASTING FURNACES, AND LEACHING TANKS W LT AT THIS TIME. LEACHING OF THE ORE BY DILUTE SULPHURIC ACI D TO BE UNSUCCESSFUL AND THE WHOLE OPERATION WAS ABANDONED S REAFTER. NO WORK HAS BEEN DONE SINCE THEN. OWNERS / THE OWNERS SHOWN ON REC 02X WERE THOSE OF NOV 1943 SHIP PERCENTAGES ARE APPROXIMATE. DEPOSIT CHARACTERISTICS / THE DEPOSIT OUTCROPS ON THE SIDE O FF AND DIPS DOWNWARD INTO IT. THE AVERAGE DEPTH TO THE MINER ZONE COULD BE TAKEN AS 0.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Potts, R.R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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