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Roe Mine

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Feldspar, Mica, 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 10081495
MRDS ID W033550
Record type Site
Current site name Roe Mine
Alternate or previous names Roe Spar Bed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.53953, 43.98191 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Relative position 4 MILES N 6 W OF BM 914 JUST EAST 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)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Feldspar Primary
Mica Tertiary
Sulfur-Pyrite Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • "EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE CRYSTALS OF MIRCOLINE AND OLIGOCLASE ARE FOUND"

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Ore
Feldspar Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.53953, 43.98191
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1925
Year of last production 1906

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Edwin Eaton Crown Point
    First year 1966

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.035HA
    Length 24.38M
    Overall length 24.38M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P 72, 73

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., AND HARTNAGEL, C.A., 1939, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK STATE FOR 1934 TO 1936: NEW YORK MUSEUM BULLETIN 319, P. 36

  • Deposit

    TAN, LI-PING, 1966, MAJOR PEGMATITE DEPOSITS OF NEW YORK STATE, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 408, P. 60-67

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P 393

Reporter information

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

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