Ellis 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082110
MRDS ID W044720
Record type Site
Current site name Ellis Mine
Alternate or previous names Skinner Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.7012, 44.74858 (WGS84)
Elevation 572
Relative position 2.27 MILES N 28 E 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

Analytical data

Result 20.7% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.7012, 44.74858

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Broad And Shallow Syncline That Plunges To The Southwest
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Dips 40 Degrees, At Depth Of 80 Ft The Dip Decreases To 15

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip NW
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 701.04M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 OPEN PITS

Comments on development

  • UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES DRILLED TWO HOLES AND ASSAYED SEVERAL CHANNEL SAMPLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ELLIS ORE OCCURS ON THE SOUTHEAST LIMB AT THE NORTHEASTERN END OF A SYNCLINE

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.