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Oven Mountain Mine

Past Producer in Warren county in New York, United States with commodities Garnet, Sulfur-Pyrite, Feldspar
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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. 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 10106270
MRDS ID W033472
Record type Site
Current site name Oven Mountain Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.97761, 43.64554 (WGS84)
Elevation 415
Relative position 3.9 MILES S 18 E OF BM 1029 NEAR HOLCOMBVILLE NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Warren(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

North Creek(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Warren

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Secondary
Feldspar Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Feldspar Ore
Garnet Ore
Pyrite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.97761, 43.64554
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1897
Year of last production 1925

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Warren County Garnet Mills

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MILLER, W.J., 1914, THE GARNET DEPOSITS OF WARREN COUNTY, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 164, P. 95

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P 79-85

  • 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 394-395

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUL-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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