Burtlot

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 10082255
MRDS ID W044968
Record type Site
Current site name Burtlot

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.53842, 44.1108 (WGS84)
Elevation 475
Location accuracy 100(meters)
Relative position 1.88 MILES N 36 W OF BM 1200 IN MINEVILLE, NEW YORK, Within A 200 Ft Radius

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) Glacial and Alluvial Deposits

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NORTH
    Dip 45 WEST
    Width 4.27M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1840
Year of first production 1840
Year of last production 1898

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Essex And Lake Champlain Ore And Iron Co
    First year 1864
  • Type Owner
    Owner Republic Steel

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 SMALL OPENINGS

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. 986, 989

  • Deposit

    KEMP, J.F., 1898, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MAGNETITES NEAR PORTHENRY, N.Y. AND ESPECIALLY THOSE OF MINEVILLE: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND ENGINEERING TRANSACTION, VOL. 27, P 173

  • 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. 407

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORES; WITH A REPORT ON THE MINEVILLE-PORTHENRY MINE GROUP, BY J.F. KEMP: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P. 88

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-86 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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