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Moose Mountain Deposit

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal, Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081491
MRDS ID W033542
Record type Site
Current site name Moose Mountain Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.61759, 43.95914 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 4.3 MILES N 54 W OF BM 1041 A LITTLE WEST OF IRONVILLE NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(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
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 40% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metanorthosite and anorthositic gneiss
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip NE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Crown Point Iron Co

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.002HA
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 1.52M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORES: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P. 164

  • Deposit

    HARTNAGEL, C.A., AND BROUGHTON, J.G., 1951, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK STATE, 1937 TO 1948: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 343, P. 117

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 404, 407

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-84 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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