| Deposit ID | 10082077 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W044670 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Old Sterling Mine |
| Related records | 10175716 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.59071, 44.23831 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 155 |
| Relative position | 2.88 MILES N 24 E OF BM 545 IN ANTWERP NEW YORK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Jefferson(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Antwerp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Fort Drum(Army Training Installation)
Army Training Installation ARMY(Type of land area)
ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | Jefferson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Pyrite | Gangue |
| Result | 41.92% FE (PUTNAM, 1886) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| Rock unit name | Potsdam Sandstone | ||
| Rock description | Potsdam Sandstone | ||
| |||
| (1) | -75.59071, 44.23831 |
|---|
| General form | LINEAR |
|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1830 |
| Year of first production | 1836 |
| Year of last production | 1910 |
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Jefferson Iron Co. |
| First year | 1889 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Mrs. Nellie A. Barrett Of Bell Haven, Greenwich, Conn. |
| First year | 1943 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 1.577HA |
| Length | 152.4M |
| Overall depth | 35.05M |
| Overall length | 274.32M |
| Overall width | 60.96M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044670 |
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. 408
NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P. 129
PUTNAM, B.J., 1886, NOTES ON SAMPLES OF IRON ORE COLLECTED IN NEW YORK, IN REPORT ON THE MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, BY R. PUMPELLY: CENCUS OFFICE, 10TH CENCUS, 1880, J. 15, P. 142-143
SMITH, NORMAN L. 1943 GEOLOGICAL PROSPECTS IN THE KEENE-ANTWERP HEMATITE ZONE, N.Y.: NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE, PP. 7
SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P. 45, MAP
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1985 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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