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West Point Magnetite Vein Occurrence

Occurrence in Orange 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067408
MRDS ID W000155
Record type Site
Current site name West Point Magnetite Vein Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.96428, 41.39388 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(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)

Hudson-Wappinger(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

West Point Military Reservation(Military Reservation)

Military Reservation ARMY(Type of land area)

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Orange

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MAGNETITE VEIN 100 TO 200 YARDS WEST OF RESERVOIR. THE AREA IS NOW THE SITE OF MICHIE STADIUM; VEIN TRENDS SOUTHWEST TO MEEK'S MAGNETITE MINE LOCATED ON SCRANTON 1:250,000 SHEET. MAGNETITE TITANIFEROUS AT MEEK'S MINE AND MAY ALSO BE AT WEST POINT OCCURRENCE BUT INFORMATION LACKING.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.96428, 41.39388
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Iron Rich Precambrian Bed

Comments on the geologic information

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

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Hudson Highlands

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • THIN LAYER OF UNKNOWN WIDTH, DISCONTINUOUS, TRACED FOR MILES, SMALL QUANTITIES LOCALLY AVAILABLE FROM EXTENSIVE BED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BECK, L. C., 1842, "MINERALOGY OF NEW YORK", N. Y. S. NATURAL HISTORY, PG 9

  • Reserve-Resource

    BECK, 1842

Reporter information

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

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