Cummins 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 10247246
MAS/MILS ID 0340410015
Record type Site
Current site name Cummins Mine
Alternate or previous names Cummings

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.884, 40.8892 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
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) -74.884, 40.8892

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 1881

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner M. Ozaowski
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1944

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS REPORT, REGIONAL FILE NO.E-1244, 1944, 6P.

  • Deposit

    N.J.GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, FINAL REPORT, V.7, 1910, PP 261,262.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ESTIMATED PRODUCTION IS 4000 TONS OF WASHED MAGNETITE ORE AV 56.54 % IRON. THE DIP-NEEDLE SURVEY OF 1944 DISCLOSED A ZONE MAGNETIC ATTRACTION 1600 FT.LONG AND ABOUT 400 FT.WIDE.

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.