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Clayburg Mine

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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106331
MRDS ID W044691
Record type Site
Current site name Clayburg Mine
Alternate or previous names Caldwell Mine
Related records 10199126

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.83815, 44.5908 (WGS84)
Elevation 369
Relative position .47 MILES S 08 E OF BM 1132 IN CLAYBURGH, 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

Redford(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 Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.83815, 44.5908
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike EAST
    Dip VERTICAL
    Thickness 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1840
Discoverer Mr. Royal Cushman
Year of first production 1841
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr Williams
  • Type Owner
    Owner Republic Steel Corp.
    First year 1967

Comments on the workings information

  • ON THE EAST SIDE AN ADIT WAS DRIVEN, BUT IS NOW FLOODED. ON THE WEST SIDE IS AN OPEN PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit OUTCROPS TO THE NORTH OF THE PIT DIP STEEPLY TO THE NORTH AND OUTCROPS SOUTH OF THE PIT DIP STEEPLY TO THE SOUTH

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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