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Raritan Fire Clay Belt

Unknown in Middlesex county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272164
MAS/MILS ID 0340230001
Record type Site
Current site name Raritan Fire Clay Belt

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.48989, 40.34361 (WGS84)
Elevation 34
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Middlesex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jamesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trenton(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 Middlesex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Titanium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Kaolinite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.48989, 40.34361
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 2590HA
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Primary Ore Control BEDDING
    Secondary Ore Control LITHOLOGY
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Total Surface Area (HA) 2590
    Date of Last Modification 820312

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1701

Mineral rights holdings

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF BUREAU OF MINES BUMINES I.C. 8335 1967.

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A. AND PAUL W. JOHNSON BUMINES I.C. 8648 1974.

  • Deposit

    PETERS FRANK A. ET.AL. BUMINES R.I. 6927 1967.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-FEB-1984 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

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

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