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Ancram Lead Mine

Producer in Columbia county in New York, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067430
MRDS ID W000177
Record type Site
Current site name Ancram Lead Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.59955, 42.02082 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Copake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Molybdenum Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • GALENA FOLIATED AND GRANULAR, YELLOW AND BROWN SPHALERITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Wulfenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Middle Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.59955, 42.02082
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 70 DEG E
    Dip ALMOST VERTICAL

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Parallel To Bedding - Stringers And Bunches Of Sulfides In Vein One To 4 Feet Wide

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN TRENDS S. 70 DEG. W., N. 70 DEG. E., NEARLY VERTICAL THOUGH STRATA DIPS 60 DEG. - 70 DEG. SE.; HOST ARGILLACEOUS AND CALCAREOUS SLATE; SHAFT, 70 FEET DEEP POOR GALENA ORE BECAUSE OF ASSOCIATED SULFIDES; LIMESTONE BEDS OF LOW CAMBRIAN TO MID-ORDOVICIAN STOCKBRIDGE FORMATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1790

Mining district

District name Se New York Lead

Comments on the production information

  • 118 OUNCES OF SILVER PER TON OF GALENA; MINED FOR GALENA ONLY. PRODUCTION TOTAL UNKNOWN; PRODUCTION ATTEMPTED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE 1900.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE BUT PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MATHER, W. W., 1838, "REPORT 1ST GEOL. DIST. N.Y.S.", NEW YORK GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V. 2, PG. 176-177

  • Deposit

    WHITLOCK, C. E., 1903, "NEW YORK MINERAL LOCALITIES", NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM, V. 57, NO. 70, PG. 26

  • Deposit

    BECK, L. C., 1842, "MINERALOGY OF NEW YORK", NATURAL HISTORY OF N.Y., PG. 45, 46

  • Production

    MATHER, 1838

  • Reserve-Resource

    MATHER, W. W., 1838

Reporter information

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

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