Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formFISHHOOK
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite
GangueFluorite, Garnet
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockPegmatite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1889
Last production1978
Discovery year1810
Identification
Deposit ID10090008
MRDS IDW044798
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates44.181, -74.9958
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. 411NEWLAND, 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. 131-136PALMER, D.F., GEOLOGY AND CONDITION OF METAMORPHISM AT BENSON MINES, NEW YORK: DOCTORAL, 1968, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY