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Edison Mines-Ogden

Past Producer in Sussex 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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295933
MAS/MILS ID 0340370029
Record type Site
Current site name Edison Mines-Ogden
Alternate or previous names Kinneys, Amos Sharps, Birds,, De Camp, Davenport, Morris, Parde, E, Roberts, Riker, Lehigh,, Old Ogden.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.57209, 41.0628 (WGS84)
Elevation 372
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Franklin(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 Sussex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Biotite-Quartz-Feldspar Gneiss
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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 1772

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Roberts Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Glendon Co. (Formerly)
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Stanhope Co. (Formerly)
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Edison Co. (Formerly)
    Interest 100
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION DATA IS INCOMPLETE, HOWEVER, AT LEAST 64929 TONS PRODUCED. THERE REMAIN LARGE RESERVES OF MAGNETITE, WHICH WOULD HAVE TO BE EXPLORED FURTHER IN ORDER TO JUSTIFY MINING OPERA THE ESTIMATED SIZE OF THESE RESERVES IS 10,350,625 TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EXAMINATION REPORT 91.1342, 1945, N.J.EDISON MINES-OGDEN.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 276-281.

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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