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Stone Mills Graphite Mine

Past Producer in Hunterdon county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Graphite
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082341
MRDS ID W055070
Record type Site
Current site name Stone Mills Graphite Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.87682, 40.68333 (WGS84)
Elevation 134

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hunterdon(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

High Bridge(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Newark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Raritan(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 Jersey Hunterdon

Comments on the location information

  • INFO FROM LAND.ST :(1970)

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FLAKES 1/8 TO 1/4 INCH IN DIAMETER BUT MOST WERE SMALLER

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Graphite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Precambrian
    Chronological age 1000000000

Nearby scientific data

(1) Amphibolite
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1920
Year of last production 1930

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Toukin And Dupont
    First year 1921
  • Type Owner
    Owner Department Of Environmental Protection, State Of New Jersey

Comments on the workings information

  • NUMEROUS PITS WERE DUG IN SIDE OF MOUNTAIN. 1985 6 HOLES VISIBLE LARGEST 20 FEET IN DIAMETER BY 20 FEET DEEP. MILL WAS LOCATED 200 FEET FROM MAIN SHAFT

Comments on development

  • A MILL WAS ERECTED BY MINE IN 1921

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    UNKNOWN AUTHOR 1921, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS PERMENANT NOTES, ON FILE AT NJGS, TRENTON

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DECOMPOSED GRAPHITE SCHIST NEAR SURFACE BUT LARGER FLAKES FURTHER DOWN

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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