Lafayette Prospect

Prospect in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174443
MAS/MILS ID 0340370036
Record type Site
Current site name Lafayette Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.67039, 40.21281 (WGS84)
Elevation 171
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Mercer(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Trenton East(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Trenton(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 Sussex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.67039, 40.21281

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MARKEWICZ, F.J., AND DALTON, R.R., 1971, UNPUBLISHED OPEN FI

  • Deposit

    RT WITH THE NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICALSURVEY -- INCLUDED IN BACKU

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE 1976. REC. 030, COL. 47, REF. PT. 15 CENTER OF ZONES 1 & 2 DEFINED DRILLING.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-NOV-83 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.