Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENSE
Geology
Host rockGneiss
StructureFoliation Trends Ne And Dips 30 Nw
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1842
Last production1885
Identification
Deposit ID10082092
MRDS IDW044689
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates44.72219, -73.72564
References
LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 406NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORES; WITH A REPORT ON THE MINEVILLE-PORTHENRY MINE GROUP, BY J.F. KEMP; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P. 125-126POSTEL, A.W., 1952, GEOLOGY OF CLINTON COUNTY MAGNETITE DISTRICT, NEW YORK: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 237, P. 66-67, PLATE 1, 3