Commodities
PrimaryIron, Titanium, Metal
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite
GangueBarite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Prehnite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockAnorthosite
StructureFault Strikes N 44 E And Dips 54 Nw
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1961
Last production1982
Identification
Deposit ID10082226
MRDS IDW044915
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates44.05081, -74.05511
References
GROSS, S.O., 1968, TITANIFEROUS ORE OF THE SANFORD LAKE DISTRICT, NEW YORK IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE U.S. 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME) VOL 1: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, NEW YORK, PHEYBURN, M.M, GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE SANFORD HILL ORE BODY EXTENSION, TAHAWUS, NEW YORK: MASTER'S, 1960, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITYKELLY, W.M., CHEMISTRY AND GENESIS OF TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE AND RELATED FERRO MAGNESIAN SILLICATES, SANFORD LAKE DEPOSIT, TAHAWUS, NEW YORK: DOCTORAL, 1979, UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTSLUEDKE, 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 407