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Scrub Oaks Mine

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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10021748
MRDS ID DE01139
Record type Site
Current site name Scrub Oaks Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.6007, 40.89083 (WGS84)
Elevation 262

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dover(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(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 Morris

Comments on the location information

  • AREA IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED, SO SHAFTS ARE BEING FILLED IN. ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • YIELD IN 1880 WAS 56,000 TONS; TO 1950 TOTAL YIELD WAS 3,713,932 LONG TONS

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 40% FE CONCENTRATION RATIO IN 1950 WAS 2.91:1

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Quartz Feldspar Gneiss
    Rock description Quartz Feldspar Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.6007, 40.89083
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip 55 DEGREES SE
    Thickness 7.62M
    Depth to bottom 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1856
Year of last production 1958

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Alan Wood Steel Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner County Concrete Corp.
    Home office P.O. Box F Kenvil, Nj. 07847

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 457.2M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT 1 WAS >1500 FEET DEEP; SHAFT 2 WAS GREATER THAN 350 FEET DEEP AND FILLED IN WITH ROCKS & SOIL. AREA IS CURRENTLY BEING DEVELOPED SO SHAFTS ARE MOSTLY FILLED IN.

Comments on development

  • OWNED IN 1879 BY ANDOVER IRON COMPANY, THEN BY WHARTON STEEL CO. FROM 1907-1929.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE WAS LEAN; MAGNETITE WITH RUTILE, APATITE AND CALCITE; 15% OF ORE IS HEMATITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Kaeding, Margaret E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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