Stinson-Potter Mines

Past Producer in Warren 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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10223007
MAS/MILS ID 0340410036
Record type Site
Current site name Stinson-Potter Mines
Alternate or previous names Stinson, Potter Farm

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.916, 40.9081 (WGS84)
Elevation 207
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.916, 40.9081

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner J. C. Kelsey
    Interest 100
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM, REGIONAL FILE NO.E-1253, 1944, 5 P.

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM, REGIONAL FILE NO.E-1254, 1944, 5 P.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 215,216,238.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE DIP-NEEDLE SURVEYS OF 1944 DISCLOSED THE PRESENCE OF SMA MAGNETITE DEPOSITS. THE ANOMALIES, HOWEVER, ARE LOW, THUS TH MAY BE INFERIOR. THIS FACT, PLUS THE SMALL SIZE, MAKE THE AR UNATTRACTIVE FOR ECONOMICAL MINING.

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.