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Hammondville Mines

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Quartz
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081494
MRDS ID W033548
Record type Site
Current site name Hammondville Mines
Alternate or previous names Crown Point Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.60953, 43.91525 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position 3.05 MILES S 80 W OF BM 1041 NEAR 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
Quartz Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE AUG 50 TO 60% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.60953, 43.91525
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE-SW
    Dip MOST CASES SOUTHEAST
    Length 4023.25M
    Width 2413.95M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1824
Year of last production 1893

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Oliver Iron Mining Co.

Comments on the workings information

  • THIRTHY DIFFERENT OPENINGS, THE MOST IMPORTANT ARE THE PENFIELD, WEST END, THE HAMMOND, DOG ALLEY, NORTH AND NO. 7. THE PENFIELD RANKED LARGEST.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORES: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P. 50-54

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P. 107, 108

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P 25. MAP

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    SHAUB,B.M.,MAGNETIC ANOMALIES OF PARADOX LAKE QUADRANGLE,13PP.,2TABS,1FIG.,1PL.,1954

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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