81 Mine

Past Producer in Clinton 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089972
MRDS ID W044705
Record type Site
Current site name 81 Mine
Alternate or previous names Standish Mine
Related records 10297165

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.94315, 44.70386 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Relative position .92 MILES N 21 E OF BM 1690 IN STANDISH NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clinton(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lyon Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Clinton

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) -73.94315, 44.70386

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike 20 NE
    Dip 80 SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Lies Along Northwest Limb Of Asyncline Trending N 45 E

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Republic Steel Corp

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT

Comments on development

  • FIRST SHUT DOWN IN 1902, REOPENED BY REPUBLIC STEEL CORP IN 1948 AFTER A BIG DIAMOND DRILLING EXPLORATION PROGRAM IN THE EARLY FORTIES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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