| Deposit ID | 10296227 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0340410034 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Shoemaker Mine |
| Alternate or previous names | Includes Fittz Fritts |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.0752, 40.7972 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 113 |
| Location accuracy | 1000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Warren(county)
New Jersey(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Belvidere(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Allentown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Middle Delaware-Musconetcong(hydrologic unit)
Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)
Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New Jersey | Warren |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -75.0752, 40.7972 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1888 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0340410034 |
USGS BULLETIN 920, 1941, PP 86, 87.
N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 54-57.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | SEVERAL THOUSAND TONS OF ORE WERE MINED FROM A VEIN ABOUT 60 LONG AND FROM 2-40 FT. WIDE. THE ORE WAS NONBESSEMER SOFT LI |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 02-NOV-83 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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