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Mt. Adams Ore Body

Occurrence in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Vanadium
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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. 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 10067872
MRDS ID W000746
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Adams Ore Body
Alternate or previous names Iron Mountain Or Ore Mountain Ore Body
Related records 10151400

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.04955, 44.0833 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Adams(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tupper Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper 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 Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Spinel Gangue
Ilmenite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.04955, 44.0833
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 58 DEG. W
    Dip 85 SW

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IGNEOUS-ANORTHOSITE-NORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sanford Lake (Tahawus) District

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GROSS,5.0., 1968, TITANIFEROUS ORES OF THE SANFORD LAKE DISTRICT, NEW YORK, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME), VOL.1: NEW YORK, A.I.M.E.,INC. P.140-153.

  • Deposit

    BALSLEY, J.R., JR., 1943, VANADIUM-BEARING MAGNETITE-ILMENITE DEPOSITS NEAR SANFORD LAKE, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW YORK: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 940-D, P. 99-123.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE OCURRENCE IS QUITE SMALL, AVERAGING 70 FEET WIDE OVER A LENGTH OF 1750 FEET, STRIKING N 58 DEG. W AND DIPPING 85 DEG. SW (1). ESTIMATED RESERVES ARE 12 MILLION ST TITANIFEROUS MATERIAL WITH 2.3 MILLION ST TI02 (2). ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

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