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Canopus Nelson 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. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067379
MRDS ID W000119
Record type Site
Current site name Canopus Nelson Magnetite Mine
Alternate or previous names Nelson Magnetite Mine
Related records 10297212

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.89039, 41.38999 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Relative position 4 MILES SE OF COLD SPRING, 2 MILES WEST OF OSCAWANA LAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(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 4 TO 5 FEET THICK; SIMILAR STRIKE AS STEWART MINE; SHAFT REACHED 165 FEET IN 1913; SHAFT INCLINED 45 DEG. NW AT SURFACE, 65 DEG. AT BOTTOM. THIN SEAMS OF MAGNETITE PRESENT THOUGHOUT WIDE WIDTH OF GNEISS WITH INJECTED GRANITE; MINOR PRODUCTION; ORE TRACED 3,200 FEET ALONG STRIKE, ORE ZONE 4 TO 10 FEET WIDE; STRIKE N 27 DEG. E

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphism Of Rock Units

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Paragneiss
    Rock description Paragneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.89039, 41.38999
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Faulted, Folded Uplands ; Reg.Trends: Northeast
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faulted Blocks

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike N 27 DEG. E
    Dip 54 DEG. TO 65 DEG. SE
    Thickness 53.34M
    Length 975.36M
    Width 3.05M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 53.34M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Iron Rich Precambrian Bed

Comments on the geologic information

  • METAMORPHOSED BEDS WITH MAGNETITE ; MAJOR.UNITS: PARAGNEISSES AND PEGMATITES ; GEOL.DESC: HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED AND FAULTED AREA; COMPLEX GEOLOGY, NUMEROUS THEORIES ; REG.COM: METAMORPHOSED, FOLDED, AND FAULTED UPLANDS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discoverer Prospector
Year of first production 1912
Production years ABOUT 1864, 1912, 1919

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Canopus Iron Corp.

Comments on the production information

  • SMALL AMOUNT OF HIGH GRADE FE ORE WAS PRODUCED. TI RAN 1.01%.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, MUCH LOW GRADE ORE RESERVES
  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, LARGE LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS
  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, MUCH LOW GRADE ORE POTENTIAL.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 53.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • NO MAJOR DEVELOPMENT OR PRODUCTION

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: EARLY IRON DISTRICT, 1734 - 1900, ORE USED LOCALLY; NO RAILROAD; MINE FAILED BECAUSE OF POOR ORE CONCENTRATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLONY, R.J., 1921, "MAGNETITE DEPOSITS SE. NEW YORK", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 249-250, MAP, TEXT, PG 114, 115

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1919, "MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW YORK", N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 223, TEXT, PG 123

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1921 RECON NEW YORK GEOLOGICAL SURVE

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE BED CRUSHED AND DEFORMED
Deposit KNOWN ALSO AS WILLIAMS MAGNETITE MINE (SMOCK, 1889, PG 20) ; 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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