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Keene 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090036
MRDS ID W044947
Record type Site
Current site name Keene Mine
Alternate or previous names Hale Mine, Weston Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.81093, 44.24108 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position 3.44 MILES N 20 W OF BM 106 IN KEENE VALLEY, 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

Keene Valley(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.81093, 44.24108
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Dip NW
    Length 402.34M
    Width 4.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Dike Cuts West Wall Of The Hale Mine

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1872
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. F. And S. H. Weston
    First year 1880

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 99.06M
    Overall length 60.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO MAJOR OPENINGS, ONE ON THE WOOD FARM AND THE OTHER ON THE HALE FARM. THERE ARE ALSO A FEW PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • FIRST DEPOSIT WORKED WAS ON THE WOOD FARM ADJACENT TO THE HALE FARM ON THE WEST

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KEMP, J.C., 1921, GEOLOGY OF THE MOUNT MARCY QUADRANGLE, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 229, 230, P. 60

  • 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

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P. 35

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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