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Stinson Mine

Past Producer in Warren 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082389
MRDS ID W055128
Record type Site
Current site name Stinson Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.9171, 40.90778 (WGS84)
Elevation 226

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Blairstown(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Warren

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1971)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MOST OF ORE CONTAINED CALCITE AND GARNET

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Gneiss Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 1879: FE 63.12%
Result P .017%
Result MN .65%

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Franklin
    Rock description Franklin
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.9171, 40.90778
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Width 2.13M

Comments on the geologic information

  • GNEISSES AND LIMESTONE ARE NEAR THE MINE; RHODONITE REPORTED FOUND IN 1900

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1879
Year of last production 1883

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lackawanna Iron And Coal Co.
    First year 1882
  • Type Owner
    Owner James Kelsey Rd1 Great Meadows, Nj

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHAFTS WERE SUNK; THE SECOND SHAFT WAS SUNK 123 FEET IN 1881

Comments on development

  • OPENED IN 1879, NOT WORKED UNTIL RAILROAD (LEHIGH & HUDSON RIVER) WAS COMPLETED IN 1881

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BAYLEY, WILLIAM S. 1910, IRON MINES AND MINING IN NEW JERSEY, VOL. VII OF THE FINAL REPORT SERIES OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST; PP 215-216

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    CHESTER, ALBERT H., 1900, MINERALOGICAL NOTES AND EXPLORATIONS, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1900; PG 177

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1881, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1881; PG 37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit VEIN WAS VERTICAL AND INCREASED IN WIDTH FROM ONE TO THREE FEET AT THE SURFACE TO SEVEN FEET AT DEPTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-1986 Simonds, Raymond E. (Bell, Christy A.) New Jersey Bureau of Geology and Topography

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