Rutgers Deposit

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 10082107
MRDS ID W044714
Record type Site
Current site name Rutgers Deposit
Related records 10224002

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.66814, 44.51053 (WGS84)
Elevation 436
Relative position 1.06 MILES S 62 W OF BM 1039 ON MITCHELL ROAD IN THE TOWN OF BLACK BROOK 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

Peasleeville(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

Analytical data

Result 42.4% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.66814, 44.51053

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lineation Plunges 15 N

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 3.66M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Republic Steel Corp

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.025HA
    Length 42.67M
    Overall length 42.67M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN CUT MINING

Comments on development

  • WITHERBEE AND SHERMAN CO DRILLED SEVERAL DIAMOND DRILL HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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