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Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite, and Uranium Mine

Past Producer in Putnam county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Sulfur, Copper, Nickel, Uranium, Gold, Silver
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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 10067409
MRDS ID W000156
Record type Site
Current site name Phillips Sulfide, Magnetite, and Uranium Mine
Related records 10248326

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.94984, 41.3261 (WGS84)
Elevation 241
Relative position 2.75 MILES NW OF PEEKSKILL

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peekskill(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
Sulfur Primary
Copper Secondary
Nickel Critical Secondary
Uranium Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MINE HAS INCLINED SHAFT, ALSO UPPER AND LOWER ADITS; MINE WORKINGS SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG, AND REACHED DEPTHS OF 300 TO 400 FEET; ORE 15 TO 25 FEET THICK, MAXIMUM THICKNESS 50 FEET. SULFIDE ORE MINED FOR SULFUR ONLY WHEN OPENED; TRIED FOR CU AND NI ONLY BUT NOT SUCCESSFUL. MINERALIZED ZONE 2,200 FEET LONG, 250 FEET WIDE. STRIKE NORTHEAST, DIP 70 DEG. NW.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Uraninite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Metamorphism, Granitization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Rock unit name Diorite;Prec 620 My, Zircon;Prec 920 My, Uraninite(Pb-Th)
    Rock description Diorite;Prec 620 My, Zircon;Prec 920 My, Uraninite(Pb-Th)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Hornblende Gneiss
    Rock description Hornblende Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) Amphibolite
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Northeast Trending Horst Blocks ; Reg.Trends: Northeast
Type of structure Local
Structure description Fold Axis, Faults

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip NW
    Plunge NE
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 670.56M
    Width 76.2M
    Depth to top 0M
    Depth to bottom 121.92M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Metamorphosed Iron And Sulfide Rich Beds And Magmatic Fluids

Comments on the geologic information

  • PEGMATITES YOUNGER THAN DIORITE YOUNGER THAN GNEISS ; MAJOR.UNITS: GNEISS, GRANITE, PEGMATITE ; GEOL.DESC: MUCH METAMORPHOSED AND FAULTED AREA WITH IGNEOUS AND PEGMATITE ACTIVITY. ; REG.COM: AREA MUCH METAMORPHOSED AND FAULTED, INTRUDED BY GRANITES AND PEGMATITES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1839
Discoverer Prospector
Year of first production 1865
Production years 1865-1880

Mining district

District name Hudson Highlands

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Hudson River Copper Co.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Lucius Boomer

Comments on the production information

  • SULFIDE ORE S 30%, CU 0.5%, NI 0.3%; RADIOACTIVE ROCK U3O8 0.069%. NO FIGURES GIVEN FOR PRODUCTION; ESTIMATED PRODUCTION ABOUT 225,000 TONS.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES GIVEN BUT PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF SULFIDE ORE REMAIN, AND SMALL AMOUNTS OF URANIUM ORE ARE PRESENT
  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE BUT PROBABLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF LOW GRADE SULFIDE ORE REMAINS.
  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE BUT PROBABLY LARGE POTENTIAL OF SULFIDE ORE FROM ALONG STRIKE OF MINERALIZED ZONE.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.053HA
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 121.92M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • AVERAGE STOPE WIDTH RANGE 15 TO 25 FEET; FLOODED BELOW 100 FEET.

Comments on development

  • 1956 TO 1957 GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATIONS WERE FOR RADIOACTIVE URANIUM ORE ANOMALIES; PRIOR STUDIES WERE FOR SULFIDE ORE OCCURRENCES. MINES, INC. N. Y., SUBSIDIARY OF VENTURES, LTD., CANADA RADIOACTIVITY FIRST NOTED BY EDWARD J. CHALMERS, GLENVILLE, CONN., IN 1953; CHALMERS AND MINES, INC., IN PARTNERSHIP. ; ECON.COM: OWING TO COMPLEX SULFIDE ORE, MINE OPERATED ONLY FOR SULFUR. LOW PRICE OF SULFUR UNECONOMIC FOR MINE OPERATION. COPPER AND NICKEL VALUES TOO LOW FOR ONLY METAL PRODUCTION. SEPARATION AND COLLECTION OF METALS AND SULFUR TOO COMPLEX FOR SMELTERS DURING TIME OF MINE OPERATION.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KLEMIC, H., 1957, "URANIUM IN PHILLIPS MINE", USGS TRACE ELEMENTS REPT 530, MAP, PG 1-57.

  • Deposit

    KEMP, J. F., 1894, "NICKEL MINE AT GAP, PENN., AND PYRRHOTITE AT ANTHONY'S NOSE", N. Y., AM. INST. MIN. ENG. TRANS., V. 24, PG 620-633.

  • Deposit

    1884 GEOLMAP KEMP, J. F., SCHOLASTIC

  • Deposit

    1911 GEOLMAP LOVEMAN, M. H., SCHOLASTIC

  • Deposit

    1956 DIREXPL MINES, INC. PRIVATE, RADIOACTIVE ANOMALIES

  • Deposit

    1957 DIREXPL KLEMIC, H., USGS, RADIOACTIVE ANOMALIES

  • Production

    KEMP, 1894

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THINS TO SOUTHWEST, CONTINUES TO NORTHEAST WHERE NOT WORKED.
Deposit ZIRCON DATE OF PEGMATITE ABOUT 620 MY, OF URANINITE CRYSTAL FROM HORNBLENDE PEGMATITE. 920 MY (LEAD-THORIUM). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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