Goff Mine

Past Producer in Essex 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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082248
MRDS ID W044961
Record type Site
Current site name Goff Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.45231, 44.08414 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 4.72 MILES N 03 E OF ELEVATION MARK 106 OFF ROUTE 9N SOUTH OF PORTHENRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Henry(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain South(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 Essex

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) -73.45231, 44.08414

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1845
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Champlain Ore And Furnace Co
    First year 1869

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 243.84M
    Overall length 243.84M

Comments on the workings information

  • 3 HORIZONTAL OPENINGS WERE MADE.

Comments on development

  • THE DEPOSIT WAS OPENED BY A MR GEORGE G. GOFF. DURING PEAK OPERATIONS THE MINE EMPLOYED 100 MEN AND PRODUCED 400 TONS OF ORE ANNUALLY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P 35

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 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.