Cooper 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. 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 10296134
MAS/MILS ID 0340270030
Record type Site
Current site name Cooper Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.68039, 40.7978 (WGS84)
Elevation 271
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

Chester(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) -74.68039, 40.7978

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 1879

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 Spinillo Construction Co.
    Interest 100
    Year 1976
  • Type Operator
    Owner Cooper Mining Co. (Formerly)
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • TOTAL PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED AT 90000 TONS OF ORE, WHICH WA AND RED TO A DEPTH OF 74 FT., AND HARD, BLUE MAGNETITE BELOW REF.700, ON P.7, STATES THAT POSSIBLE ORE RESERVES ARE ESTIM 540000 TONS OF INFERRED ORE. THE DIP-NEEDLE SURVEY OF 1944, H DID NOT PRODUCE PROMISING RESULTS. THE CONCLUSION REACHED B REF.700, IS THAT THIS AREA SHOULD BE EXPLORED FURTHER BY DRI METHODS. NOTE: REF.701 EXPLAINS THAT MORE THAN 1 MINE WAS KNOWN BY TH COOPER, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE IS THE ONE DESCRIBED BY T ENTRY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT 91.319, 1944, 12 P.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 438-440.

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.