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Cheaver Mine

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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  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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082267
MRDS ID W044980
Record type Site
Current site name Cheaver Mine
Alternate or previous names Walton's Bed, Old Crown Point Vein
Related records 10296964

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.4512, 44.07775 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Relative position 4.26 MILES N 02 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) -73.4512, 44.07775
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 402.33M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1785
Year of first production 1804
Year of last production 1930

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Witherbee And Sherman Co
    First year 1930
  • Type Owner
    Owner Republic Steel Corp
    First year 1971

Comments on development

  • DIAMOND DRILLING PROGRAM CARRIED OUT BY WITHERBEE AND SHERMAN CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEMP, J.F., AND RUEDEMANN, R., 1910, GEOLOGY OF THE ELIZABETH AND PORTHENRY QUADRANGLES: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 138, P.

  • 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: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P. 70-71, PLATE 2

  • Deposit

    STOLTZ, G.C., 1911, THE CHEEVER MINES, PORTHENRY, NEW YORK: THE ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, P 809-812

Reporter information

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

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