Pochuck Mine

Past Producer in Sussex 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10295813
MAS/MILS ID 0340370032
Record type Site
Current site name Pochuck Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.55098, 41.1861 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sussex(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hamburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rondout(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New Jersey Sussex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.55098, 41.1861

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1835

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Private Lease

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mr. Fred W. Smith (Mineral Rights)
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Thomas A. Edison, Inc. (Surface Rights)
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • A LARGE AMOUNT OF LIMONITE ORE WAS MINED FROM 2 OPEN CUTS EA ABOUT 400 FT.LONG, 100 FT.WIDE, AND 100 FT.DEEP. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE DEPOSIT IS EXHAUSTED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM NO.91.309, 1943, 4P.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 60-64.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-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.