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Cummins 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 10106380
MRDS ID W055114
Record type Site
Current site name Cummins Mine
Alternate or previous names Cummings Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.87988, 40.88917 (WGS84)
Elevation 189

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

  • ORE OCCURED WITH GARNET AND PYRITE; 1882 20 TONS OF 40% ORE REMOVED DAILY

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 1881: FE 56.54% MN 1.77% S 2.80% SIO2 16.31%

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.87988, 40.88917
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Dip SE SHAFT 70-80 SE; N SHAFT DIP NW
    Thickness 4.57M
  • Dip SE SHAFT 70-80 SE; N SHAFT DIP NW

Comments on the geologic information

  • BELT OF ATTRACTION PASSES NE-SW THRU MINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1868
Year of last production 1882

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Musconetcong Iron Works Co.
    First year 1881
  • Type Owner
    Owner Lawrence Mccloskey 129 Alphano Road Great Meadows, Nj
    First year 1985

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTED OF A NUMBER OF OPENINGS AT NORTHBASE OF MTN. THE 1882 NORTHSIDE SHAFT REMOVED 400 TONS OF ORE IN COURSE OF ITS SINKING AND REACHED A DEPTH OF 80 FEET. 1985-THE NORTH SHAFT IS APPROX 115' LONG AND 10 TO 30 FEET WIDE. ORE BODY IS VISIBLE AT SURFACE AND RUNS APPROX 5 FEET WIDE 18 FEET DEEP SURROUNDED BY GNEISS. ACCROSS THE ROAD 2 PIT 15 FEET IN DIAMETER APPROX 50 FEET DEEP, WATER FILLED, ARE VISIBLE. MUCH COAL AND SLAG ARE NEAR PITS ALONG WITH AN OLD STONE FOUNDATION AND PILES OF ORE IN GNEISS

Comments on development

  • OPENINGS HAD BEEN MADE BEFORE 1868 BUT NOT TILL 1881 WAS IT DONE IN EARNEST; 3000 TONS REMOVED TOTAL

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 261-262

  • Deposit

    FIELD CHECKED 1985

  • Deposit

    COOK, GEO. H. 1881, ANNUAL REPORT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST FOR THE YEAR 1881, PG 38

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SE SHAFT MAGNETITE OCCURS AS LAYERS IN GNEISS. NORTH SHAFT EXPOSED VEIN THE DIPPED STEEPLY TO NW BUT BECAME FLATTER WITH 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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