| Deposit ID | 10126147 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W016911 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0340410044 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pahaquarry Copper Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Pahaquarri Copper Mine, Pahaquarra Copper Deposit |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.0352, 41.0283 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 198 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Warren(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Bushkill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Scranton(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Delaware-Mongaup-Brodhead(hydrologic unit)
Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)
Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area(National Recreation Area)
National Recreation Area NPS(Type of land area)
NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Warren |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Copper | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Unknown |
| Chalcocite | Unknown |
| Covellite | Unknown |
| Cuprite | Unknown |
| Feldspar | Unknown |
| Limonite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Malachite | Unknown |
| Quartz | Unknown |
| Ore Body (1) | -75.0352, 41.0283 |
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| Strike | N30W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dip | 45W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thickness | 61M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 610M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Width | 196.2M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | 400HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Depth to top | 0M | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Operation type | Surface-Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1650 |
| Year of first production | 1650 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
| Type of mineral rights | Private Lease |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Geo Washington Council - Boy Scouts Of America |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Oregon |
| Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estimate year | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
| Inferred | 2000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
| Total resources | 2000000mt ore | ||||||||||||||
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0340410044 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W016911 | MAS references MRDS |
CORNWALL, H.R., USGS, "PAHAQUARRY COPPER MINES" JUNE 1943. O
E REPORT OCTOBER 1945
WOODWARD H.P. "COPPER MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY". PUBLI
THE STATE DEPT OF CONS AND DEV, 1944
USBM, WAR MINERAL MEMORANDUM. G D JERMAIN. AUGUST 1942.
KEITH N S. THE COPPER DEPOSITS OF NEW JERSEY. MINING MAGAZIN
3 P473. 1905
LEWIS J V. COPPER DEPOSITS OF THE NEW JERSEY TRIASSIC. ECON
L 2 PP 242-257. 1907.
PHYFE W L. COPPER DEPOSITS OF NEW JERSEY. PRINCETON UNIV SEN
SIS. 1933
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | REC 020 COL 18-73 / THIS IS 1950 OWNER. CURRENT OWNER NOT DE D BUT THOT TO BE THE SAME. REC 040 COL 32-33 / THIS AREA IS MOSTLY OWNED BY PRIVATE ORG ONS AND USED FOR VARIOUS SUMMER CAMPS. REC 040 COL 65-69 / THE SURFACE AREA IS UNKNOWN. THIS FIGURE FROM REC 702 PG 1 WHICH SAYS THAT A COMPANY BOUGHT 1000 ACRE VELOP IN 1901. REC 050 COL 18-21 / THIS DEPOSIT WAS DISCOVERED BY DUTCH SET OMETIME PRIOR TO 1650. IT HAS BEEN WORKED INTERMITENTLY AND SSFULLY BETWEEN THAT DATE AND 1911 WHICH WAS THE LAST ATTEMPT REC 060 COL 64 / REC 702 PG 5 STATES THAT THE COPPER MINERAL INELY IMPREGNATED THROUGHOUT THE SANDSTONE WHICH BECAUSE OF ILAR COLOR GENERALLY CONCEALS THE COPPER ORE. REC 070 COL 29-31 / CHALCOCITE IS THE PRIMARY COPPER MINERAL ING AS IN REC 810 AND ALSO IN THIN SEAMS ALONG CERTAIN BEDDI ES AND ALSO IN PLACES AS PATCHES SEVERAL INCHES IN DIAMETER HE CHALCOCITE HAS PARTILLY REPLACED THE BODY OF THE ROCK. REC 080 COL 29-34 / THERE IS NO WALLROCK ALTERATION. REC 080 COL 71 / DIP IS TO THE NORTHWEST. REC MATRIX / VALUES FOR CU CONTENT VARY WIDELY FROM 3.25 % ( D) TO 0.1 % (CORNWALL). 0.22 % IS AN AVERAGE GIVEN OF SEVERA ES BY CORNWALL. REC MATRIX / WOODWARD STATES THAT 2 MILLION SHORT TONS OF OR AT THIS DEPOSIT. A REPORT PREPARED BY THE BOY SCOUT TROUP T S THE PROPERTY (1950-OCT) REPORTS GEOLOGISTS WITH THE N. J. CONSERVATION STATING THE DEPOSIT MAY CONTAIN OVER 10 MILLIO |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Potts, R.R. | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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