Brewster Mines

Past Producer in Putnam county in New York, 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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126710
MRDS ID W000107
MAS/MILS ID 0360790027
Record type Site
Current site name Brewster Mines
Alternate or previous names Cheever, Durant
Related records 10067370

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.62095, 41.39389 (WGS84)
Elevation 146

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brewster(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hudson(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 York Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.62095, 41.39389

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1810

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the production information

  • ABOUT 50000 TONS OF HIGH SULPHUR MAGNETITE ORE WERE PRODUCED IS AN EXTENSION OF THE CROTON MINES AND MAY WELL HAVE RESERVES. SEE CROTON MINES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NY STATE MUSEUM BULLETINS NOS.249-250, 1921, PP 117, 118.

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERAL REPORT FILE, BREWSTER BELT AND CROTON MINES, PBG

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 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.