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Broughton and Ring Deposits

Occurrence 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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082274
MRDS ID W044987
Record type Site
Current site name Broughton and Ring Deposits
Related records 10272667

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.57342, 44.05275 (WGS84)
Elevation 466
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3.2 MILES S 80 W OF BM 796 IN MORIAH CENTER

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) -73.57342, 44.05275
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Fault Block One Mile Wide Striking East-West

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • A VERTICAL DIAMOND DRILL HOLE WAS DRILLED ON THE BROUGHTON PROPERTY BY CHARLES GARVEY DIAMOND DRILL CO. OF PORTHENRY, N.Y.. THE HOLE WAS 807 FT DEEP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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

    SANFORD, R.S., AND STONE, L.H., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF BROUGHTON AND RING MAGNETITE DEPOSITS, ESSEX COUNTY, N.Y.: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4404, PP. 4

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-85 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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