Parkhurst Mine

Past Producer in Clinton county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106332
MRDS ID W044702
Record type Site
Current site name Parkhurst Mine
Related records 10296747

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.86982, 44.75414 (WGS84)
Elevation 524
Relative position .16 MILES N 76 E OF BM 1716 ON THE OLD D&H RAILROAD TRACK NE OF LYON MT VILLAGE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clinton(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ellenburg Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Clinton

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE IS A 1964 EDITION AND IS PARTLY NAMED BASED UPON REPORTED LATITUDE/LONGITUDE VALUES

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) -73.86982, 44.75414

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Thickness 14.63M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1889
Year of last production 1892

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chateguay Iron Ore Co
    First year 1892
  • Type Owner
    Owner Republic Steel Corp
    First year 1967

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 44.2M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A MAGNETIC SURVEY IN 1906 SHOWED CONTINUATION OF THE DEPOSIT FOR ONE HALF MILE TO THE NORTHEAST AND DOWN TO THE WILLIAM MINE IN THE SOUTHWEST.

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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