Smith 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 10082261
MRDS ID W044974
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Mine
Alternate or previous names Cook's Shaft
Related records 10296711

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.52175, 44.11108 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.58 MILES N 13 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

Analytical data

Result 62.66% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.52175, 44.11108

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form POD
    Dip 30 SW
    Thickness 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1866

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. T. Smith And Patrick Cook , George Simpson
    First year 1869
  • Type Owner
    Owner H. T. Burler And Brother , Witherbee And Sherman Co , Republic Steel Corp
    First year 1880

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.026HA
    Length 60.96M
    Overall length 60.96M
    Overall width 4.57M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANBERRY, J.H., 1906, MAGNETITE DEPOSITS AND MINING AT MINEVILLE, N.Y.: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 81, PART 1, P. 998

  • 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 TRANSACTIONS, VOL. 27, P. 171

  • 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. 86, 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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