Averill Mine

Past Producer in Clinton county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Geologic structures
  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 10082092
MRDS ID W044689
Record type Site
Current site name Averill Mine
Related records 10272348

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.72564, 44.72219 (WGS84)
Elevation 445
Relative position .26 MILES N 22 W OF BM 1356 IN DANNEMORA NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clinton(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dannemora(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Clinton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.72564, 44.72219

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Trends Ne And Dips 30 Nw

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 50 E
    Dip 10-30 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1842
Year of last production 1885

Land status

Ownership category County

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New York State
    First year 1880

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.079HA
    Length 91.44M
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 9.14M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT WAS PUT DOWN NORTH OF THE PIT REACHING A DEPTH OF 100 FT. A DRILL HOLE NEAR THE SHAFT REACHED ORE AT 150 FT BELOW THE SURFACE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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