Kishpaugh-Cook Mine

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 10150545
MAS/MILS ID 0340410023
Record type Site
Current site name Kishpaugh-Cook Mine
Alternate or previous names Kishpaugh, Cook Farm

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.9418, 40.8869 (WGS84)
Elevation 236
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) -74.9418, 40.8869

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 1871

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 Miss M. J. Winfelt
    Home office Oregon
    Year 1944
  • Type Owner
    Owner The Pardee Estate
    Year 1944
  • Type Operator
    Owner Musconetcong Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1944
  • Type Operator
    Owner Messrs. Pilling And Crane (Formerly)
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM, REGIONAL FILE NO. E-350-A, 1944, 12

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 235-237.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTIMATED PRODUCTION IS 160000 TONS OF MAGNETITE ORE. THERE ANOTHER SHAFT (COOK) ABOUT 300 METERS SOUTH-SOUTHWEST. REF 700 ESTIMATES RESERVES AT 420000 TONS OF ORE.

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.