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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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174971
MAS/MILS ID 0340270077
Record type Site
Current site name Scrub Oaks Mine
Alternate or previous names Replogle, Dell, Ross Shaft No.1

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.60149, 40.8906 (WGS84)
Elevation 256
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.60149, 40.8906
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1856

Mining district

District name Dover District

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Central Railroad Of New Jersey
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1958

Comments on the production information

  • FROM 1856 TO 1950, 3,713,932 TONS OF MAGNETITE ORE WERE SHIP THIS MINE IS WORKED BY SHRINKAGE STOPING.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1959
    Indicated 9072mt ore
    Demonstrated 9072mt ore
    Total resources 9072mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    REE REE 3.3 wt-pct REE 1959
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1958
    Measured 33392mt ore
    Demonstrated 33392mt ore
    Total resources 33392mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 30 wt-pct Iron Trace 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    PARKER, J.G., C.T. BAROCK, AND J.W. ADAMS. THE RARE-EARTH

  • Reserve-Resource

    ELEMENTS, YTTRIUM, AND THORIUM. A MATERIALS SURVEY.

  • Reserve-Resource

    BUMINES IC 8476, 1971, 92 PP.

  • Reserve-Resource

    U.S.B.M. SUMMARY REPORT OF MINERALS EXAMINATION, DATED

  • Reserve-Resource

    7/10/59, SCRUB OAKS MINE, 1 PAGE EXAMINING ENGINEER;

  • Reserve-Resource

    H. L. BURMEISTER

  • Reserve-Resource

    STAATZ, M.H., AND J.C. OLSON. THORIUM. CH. IN U.S. MINERAL

  • Reserve-Resource

    RESOURCES. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 820, 1973,

  • Reserve-Resource

    PP. 468-476.

  • Deposit

    USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 287, 1958, PP 116-124.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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