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Hogback Deposit

Past Producer in Clinton 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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089981
MRDS ID W044731
Record type Site
Current site name Hogback Deposit
Related records 10151312

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.66481, 44.51664 (WGS84)
Elevation 530
Relative position .78 MILES S 84 W OF BM 1039 ON MITCHELL ROAD IN BLACK RIVER 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

Peasleeville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.66481, 44.51664
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Abrupt Changes In The Strike Of The Foliation

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike EAST
    Dip NORTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Republic Steel Corp

Comments on the workings information

  • TWENTY TO THIRTY PROSPECT PITS, MOST OF THESE ARE SMALL, SHALLOW AND NARROW IN DIMENSION.

Comments on development

  • WITHERBEE AND SHERMAN CO. DRILLED SEVERAL DIAMOND DRILL HOLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DRILL CORE DATA SHOWED THREE ZONES OF MINERALIZATION, TWO MAJOR AND ONE MINOR ZONES.

Reporter information

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

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