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Denny 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067367
MRDS ID W000103
Record type Site
Current site name Denny Magnetite Mine
Related records 10126632

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.86234, 41.42193 (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 PINCHES AND SWELLS; EACH LENSE ABOUT 20 FEET WIDE, 40 FEET LONG; ON STRIKE WITH STEWART MINE; LITTLE MINING DONE; SHAFT ON HILL TOP

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.86234, 41.42193
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Economic information

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

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE; NO MAJOR PRODUCTION; NOT MINED OUT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, PROBABLY DEVELOPED AND UNDEVELOPED POCKETS OF ORE AVAILABLE FOR MINING.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLONY, R. J., 1921, "MAGNETITE DEPOSITS SE. NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 249-250, MAP, TEXT, PG 113,114

  • 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

Reporter information

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

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