Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit typeReplacement
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formLENTICULAR
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Last production1880
Discovery year1848
Identification
Deposit ID10090029
MRDS IDW044926
Alternate namesGillette and Butler Mine, Spear and Butler Bed
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates44.01664, -73.48481
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 407NEWLAND, D.M. 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORES: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P 68, PLATE 2