New York · Essex County
Past Producer

Mount Bigelow Mine

Essex County, New York, United States
Garnet
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Commodities
PrimaryGarnet
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Orebody formLENSE
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1905
Last production1914
Discovery year1950
Identification
Deposit ID10082219
MRDS IDW044900
Alternate namesSmith Mine, Drake Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates44.45775, -73.44396
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 394NEWLAND, D.H., 1906, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 102, P 70-73