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Lakehurst Deposit

Producer in Ocean county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Titanium, Metal
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10024978
MRDS ID ISM0730
Record type Site
Current site name Lakehurst Deposit
Alternate or previous names Glidden Durkee Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.33291, 40.06668 (WGS84)
Relative position PLANT

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Ocean(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lakehurst(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trenton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(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

Comments on the location information

  • THE DEPOSIT IS LOCATED IN MIDDLE NORWAY

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • TITANIUM
  • VANADIUM

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore
Rutile Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Sand and Gravel
    Rock unit name Cohansey Formation
    Rock description Cohansey Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.33291, 40.06668
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Deltain

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 6M

Comments on the geologic information

  • ; ILMN (65% TIO2) + ZRCN OO+ LCXN + MINOR RUTL AND KYNT (+ QRTZ); DEPOSIT OCCURS IN A MEDIUM GRAINED QUARTZ SANDSTONE LOCALLY CONSOLIDATED BY IRON CEMENT. AVERAGE THICKNESS IS 7 M. AVERAGE GRADE WAS ORIGINALLY 4-5% HMOF WHICH 80-85% WAS ILMENITE + LEUCOXENE AND 3% RUTILE.
  • ; MGNT, ILMN, HMTT, PYRT, PYTT, CLCP; HORIZONTAL ORE SECTION OF 20 000 SQ METRES, THE ORE BEARING FORMATION WITH MINERALIZATION EXTENDING OVER ABOUT 55 KM LENGTH BETWEEN THE LONGFJORD (SW) AND THE HALSAFJORD (NE). DIP OF ORE BODY: 70 DEGREES N. THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN RULER-SHAPED LENSES.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1957
Year of first production 1962
Year of last production 1976

Mining district

District name Lakehurst

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Glidden (Scm)

Production statistics

  • Year 1976
    Period 1962-76
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^ 3.5% Ilmn In Sand
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major TiO2 Titanium-Ilmenite Titanium 4wt-pct
  • Year 1976
    Period 1962-76
    Accuracy Estimate
    Description Cp_Grade: ^59% Tio2
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major TiO2 Titanium-Ilmenite Titanium 59wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • FORMERLY 90 000 MT/Y TOTAL HEAVY MINERALS (RF1) NONE

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RR9-RR11: VERY APPROXIMATE; DERIVED BY DEDUCTING PRODUCTION CAPACITY X 16 YEAR FROM ANNOUNCED RESERVES.MINING ENGINEERING, 1962, GLIDDEN READIES NEW JERSEY HEAVY MINERAL OPERATIO" N: V. 14, NO. 1, P. 38-39."PUFFER, J.H., AND COUSMINER, H.L., 1982, FACTORS CONTROLLING THE ACCUMULATI" ON OF TITANIUM-OXIDE-RICH SANDS IN THE COHANSEY FORMATION, LAKEHURST AREA, NEW" JERSEY: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V. 77, NO. 2, P. 379-391."FANTEL, R.J., ET AL, 1986, TITANIUM MINERALS AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY " COUNTRIES, US BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9061, 48 P."
  • RR1: MEASURED RESERVES RR2:APOSSIBLE RESERVES

Comments on development

  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). DEVELOPMENT(NO); EXPLORATION(NO); ASSESSMENT(ONLY LOWER GRADE MATERIAL LEFT.);
  • NON-GEOLOGIC CONSTRAINTS ON DEVELOPMENT OR EXPANSION IN 1-5 YRS. (). ANALYTICAL DATA (GENERAL): FE 24,7%; TI 2,18%; V 0,16% MAGNETITE CONS.: FE 64,7%; TI 1,2%; V 0,5% ILMENITE CONS.: TI 18%; V 0,26% FEED CAPACITY 1,850

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). DRAG LINE UP TO 6M
Deposit THIS RECORD WAS COMPILED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC MINERALS INVENTORY. THE DATA WERE USED IN PREPARATION OF THE USGS CIRCULAR 930 SERIES OF REPORTS. MINERAL RESOURCE CATEGORIES AND CODES HEREIN ARE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM RECOMMENDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GROUP OF EXPERTS ON DEFINITIONS AND TERMINOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES. (SEE NATIONAL RESOURCES FORUM, V. 4, NO. 3, P. 307-313.). UNDERGROUND

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 Force, Eric R. U.S. Geological Survey

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