Newton Pit and Mill

Producer in Sussex county in New Jersey, United States with commodity Sand and Gravel, Construction
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10174498
MRDS ID W020344
MAS/MILS ID 0340370012
Record type Site
Current site name Newton Pit and Mill
Alternate or previous names Newton Pit
Related records 10074119

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.65959, 41.0369 (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

Newton East(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
Sand and Gravel, Construction Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.65959, 41.0369

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner F. W. Bennett And Son
    ID 2800502
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 10/20/81.

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5/18/81.

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10/81.

  • Deposit

    # ASSOCIATED WITH MILL, SEQ. NO. 0340379011.

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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusIntermittent since 12/27/1982
MSHA mine ID2800502
Mine name (MSHA)NEWTON PIT & MILL
Current operatorF W Bennett & Son
Current controller (parent)Frank Bennett
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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