Peters Mine

Past Producer in Passaic 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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10247158
MAS/MILS ID 0340310015
Record type Site
Current site name Peters Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.26928, 41.1461 (WGS84)
Elevation 162
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Passaic(county)

New Jersey(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Greenwood Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(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 Passaic

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.26928, 41.1461

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Ringwood

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Pittsburgh Pacific Co.
    Interest 100
    Home office Minnesota
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • REF 701 ESTIMATES PRODUCTION OF BOTH PETERS AND CANNON MINES 2,000,000 TONS OF MAGNETITE AVERAGING 53.6 % IRON. SEE CANNO ALSO. RESERVES ARE ESTIMATED AT 218000 TONS FULLY DEVELOPED, TONS PARTLY DEVELOPED, AND 3,704,000 TONS UNDEVELOPED PROBABLE. A TOTAL ESTIMATE FOR RESERVES OF 4,408,000 TONS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 982-F, 1952, PP 217,218.

  • Deposit

    US BUREAU OF MINES EXAMINATION REPORT 91.1464, 1962, 4PP.

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.