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Brewer Hill Mine

Past Producer in Franklin county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082156
MRDS ID W044809
Record type Site
Current site name Brewer Hill Mine
Related records 10127085

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.17955, 44.62469 (WGS84)
Elevation 597
Relative position .64 MILES S 25 E OF BM 1643 ON ROUTE 99 IN

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Debar Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Massena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.17955, 44.62469
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip 75 W TO VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.004HA
    Length 15.24M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE OLD WORKINGS CONSISTED OF A VERTICAL SHAFT ABOUT 15 FT WIDE AND A OPEN CUT PARALLEL TO THE FOLIATION OF THE HOST ROCK

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 408

  • Deposit

    POSTEL, A.W., DODSON, C.L., AND CARSWELL, L.D., 1956, GEOLOGY OF LOON LAKE QUADRANGLE, NEW YORK: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY QUADRANGLE MAP, GQ-63

Reporter information

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

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