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Improving Mindat.orgScrub Oaks Mine Locality Correction

6th May 2005 02:46 UTCPhil Persson

Hi,

Just Wanted to note that that Location of the Scrub Oaks Mine as listed: (Scrub Oak Mine (Dell Mine; Replogle Mine), Dover, Randolph Township, Morris Co., New Jersey, USA) in incorrect in that the Scrub Oaks Mine in Located in Mine Hill Boro (NOT a Township, Mine Hill is actually a "boro" municipality much like Franklin, Sussex County, NJ), Morris County, New Jersey, not in Randolph Township as Stated. The Dell Mine is a small, nearby Iron Mining Prospect whose limited underground workings were eventually partly "swallowed up" by the expanding Scub Oaks Mine around World War II. The Replogle mine is a correct synonym for the Scrub Oaks mine, for many years the access road leading to the Mine from Rt. 46 in Mine Hill was Called "Replogle Road", I Believe the Replogle Farm was an old homestead at the base of Mine Hill in the 19th century. The Scrub Oaks Mine was one of the few decent size things that was actually ENTIRELY inside of Mine Hill Boro, (Mine Hill is a very small boro, only 3 square miles! :), so I am pretty positive on this locality correction. Don't mean to sound snooty or anything, just trying to help. :) :) Also, the locality attribution of being in Dover is also incorrect, this is often confusing as most old U.S.G.S Reports, Maps, Ect.. Say that the Srub Oaks Mine is in Dover, as it was until Mine Hill Township was created about forty years ago, after the Mine had shut down. Now There's a question... Does a Locality maintain its original location attributions even when the geo-political boundaries have shifted? I can't say myself... ;) Anyways, thanks in advance to whoever fixes that. Best Regards,

Phil Persson.

6th May 2005 13:57 UTCChet Lemanski

Phil,

Thanks for the clarifications. I'll fix these tonight with the appropriate explanatory notes since there is a type locality for a species involved here.

Chet

6th May 2005 22:23 UTCChet Lemanski

Phil,

I changed the data but we should have a reference to cite for the information on the Dell Mine - where did you learn this?

Chet

6th May 2005 22:46 UTCPhil Persson

Hi Chet,

Thanks for the quick response! :) The Dell Mine Info is from The United States Geological Survey Paper on the "Geology of the Dover Magnetite" Districts", by Paul K. Sims (1958.) There was also a reference to this locality in the 1979 "Iron Mines of the New Jersey Highlands" Bullitins Published by the New Jersey Geological Survey, Trenton, NJ. Hope this helps and thanks for the quick action! :) :)

Best Regards,

Phil.

2nd Aug 2005 16:28 UTCDick Young

We are searching for mine maps for the Scrub Oaks Mine, Mine Hill, NJ.

We have the 1949 maps shown in P. K. Sims 1958 USGS Prof. Paper. What we need are maps that show the excavations from 1949 through mine closing in 1966.

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Dick Young, CPG

cell 203-627-8085

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