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Unnamed Magnetite Mine Dep. No. 17

Past Producer in Putnam county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10067368
MRDS ID W000104
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Magnetite Mine Dep. No. 17
Related records 10200203

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.81734, 41.4861 (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)

Hudson-Wappinger(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO SPECIFIC MINE INFORMATION AVAILABLE; SHOWN ONLY ON MAP BY SMOCK, 1889.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Quartzite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.81734, 41.4861
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Iron Rich Pre Cambrian Bed

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH-GRADE FE ORE WAS PRODUCED.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE; PROBABLY LOW GRADE DEPOSIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK," N.Y.S. BULL. 7, SHOWN ONLY ON MAP

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO INFORMATION IN TEXT; NO TREND WITH DENNY - STEWART - CANADA GROUP OF MAGNETITE MINES. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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