Cromwell Mine

Past Producer in Morris 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 10198606
MAS/MILS ID 0340270033
Record type Site
Current site name Cromwell Mine
Alternate or previous names Chester Highland Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.69709, 40.7853 (WGS84)
Elevation 262
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Morris(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Chester(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 Morris

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.69709, 40.7853

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 1882

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Chester Highland Mining Co. (Formerly)
    Home office New York
    Year 1944
  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr. W. Potter (Formerly)
    Year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM, REGIONAL FILE NO.E-1117, 1944, 8 P.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOL.SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, P 436,437.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit REF.700 ESTIMATES PRODUCTION AT 15500 TONS, AND RESERVES AT TONS OF INFERRED ORE. THE MINE IS IN THE VILLAGE OF CHESTER, AND SURFACE RIGHTS AR BY SEVERAL PARTIES.

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.