Thompson Deposit

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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082251
MRDS ID W044964
Record type Site
Current site name Thompson Deposit
Alternate or previous names Humburg Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.52314, 44.11303 (WGS84)
Elevation 445
Relative position 1.72 MILES N 14 W OF BM 1200 IN MINEVILLE NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Witherbee(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) -73.52314, 44.11303

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

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANBERRY, J.H., 1906, MAGNETITE DEPOSITS AND MINING AT MINEVILLE, N.Y.: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL 81, PART II, P. 980

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P. 32

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.