Pratt Magnetite Mine

Past Producer in Putnam county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105433
MRDS ID W000102
Record type Site
Current site name Pratt Magnetite Mine
Related records 10224167

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.85706, 41.42805 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oscawana Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE BED 2 TO 4 FEET WIDE; PEGMATITE COMMON; ON STRIKE AND SIMILAR TO STEWART MINE; PROSPECT PITS 300 FEET ALONG STRIKE; SHAFT; ORE ZONE 5 TO 17 FEET WIDE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.85706, 41.42805

Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Iron Rich Pre Cambrian Bed

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED AND FAULTED AREA; COMPLEX GEOLOGY, NUMEROUS THEORIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1880

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • NON-BESSEMER ORE; LACKED RAIL TRANSPORT; NO MAJOR PRODUCTION, NOT MINED OUT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE, ESTIMATED MUCH LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLONY, R. J., 1921, "MAGNETITE DEPOSITS SE. NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 249-250, MAP, TEXT, PG 112,113

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D. H., 1919, "MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 229, TEXT, PG 123

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J. C., 1889 "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP, TEXT, PG. 20

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON STRIKE WITH DENNY, SACKETT, STEWART, AND CANADA MINES, NO RAILROAD, OWNED BY PHILADELPHIA AND READING COAL AND IRON COMPANY ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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