Winter Mine

Occurrence 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. 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089973
MRDS ID W044707
Record type Site
Current site name Winter Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.5762, 44.45108 (WGS84)
Elevation 271
Relative position 5.1 MILES N 65 E OF BM 544 IN AUSABLE FORKS 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

Clintonville(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 Clinton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result 46.70% FE (NEWLAND, 1908)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.5762, 44.45108

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NNW
    Dip VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1835
Year of first production 1845

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Republic Steel Corp

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.009HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 3.05M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THREE OR MORE MINERALIZED ZONES
Deposit Discovery Year: 1830'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1986 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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