Charlottesburg Mine

Past Producer in Morris county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10271756
MAS/MILS ID 0340270026
Record type Site
Current site name Charlottesburg Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.43148, 41.0186 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
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

Newfoundland(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(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 Morris

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.43148, 41.0186

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Dover District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner City Of Newark
    Interest 100
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Bethlehem Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Home office Pennsylvania
    Year 1958
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooper, Hewitt And Co.
    Year 1958

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 287, 1958, PP 78, 143.

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM NO.879, 1944, 8 P.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 418,419.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTIMATED PRODUCTION IS 150000 TONS OF MAGNETITE ORE. RESERV ESTIMATED TO BE 300000 TONS OF ORE

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.