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Sackett Magnetite Mine

Past Producer in Putnam county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067366
MRDS ID W000101
Record type Site
Current site name Sackett Magnetite Mine
Related records 10150828

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.85345, 41.43082 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oscawana Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE BED 5 FEET WIDE; PEGMATITE COMMON; ON STRIKE AND SIMILAR TO STEWART MINE; PROSPECT PITS 200 FEET ALONG STRIKE; VERTICAL SHAFT 75 FEET DEEP; STRIKE N40 DEG. E, DIP 85 DEG. TO 90 DEG. SE; GNEISSIC STRUCTURE OF WALL ROCK PITCHES 45 DEG. NE. ORE ZONE 5 TO 17 FEET WIDE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.85345, 41.43082
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG. E
    Dip 85-90 DEG. SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Iron Rich Pre Cambrian Bed

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED AND FAULTED AREA, COMPLEX GEOLOGY, NUMEROUS THEORIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1880

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • NON-BESSEMER ORE; LACKED RAIL TRANSPORT; NO MAJOR PRODUCTION; NOT MINED OUT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, ESTIMATED MUCH LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLONY, R. J., 1921, "MAGNETITE DEPOSITS SE. NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 249-250, MAP; TEXT,PG 112,113

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1919, "MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 229, TEXT, PG 123

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP, TEXT, PG 20

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON STRIKE WITH DENNY, PRATT, STEWART, AND CANADA MINES, NO RAILROAD; OWNED BY PHILADELPHIA AND READING COAL AND IRON COMPANY. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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