| Deposit ID | 10106335 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W044727 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Bowen and Signor Mine |
| Related records | 10150779 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -73.80786, 44.59386 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 366 |
| Relative position | .84 MILES S 05 W OF BM 1119 IN REDFORD NEW YORK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | Clinton |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Gneiss | Gangue |
| Pyroxene | Gangue |
| Scapolite | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| |||
| (1) | -73.80786, 44.59386 |
|---|
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 40 E |
| Dip | 70 N W |
| Width | 6.71M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1845 |
| Discoverer | Peter Tremblay |
| Year of first production | 1854 |
| Year of last production | 1885 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Saranac Iron Mining Co |
| First year | 1905 |
| Type of workings | Underground |
|---|---|
| Length | 487.68M |
| Overall depth | 53.34M |
| Overall length | 678.18M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044727 |
LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCE OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITEDSTATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 405
NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P 112
REED, D.F., AND COHEN, C.J., 1949, FURTHER INVESTIGATION OF THE REDFORD CLAYBURGH MAGNETITE DISTRICT, CLINTON COUNTY, NEW YORK: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4447, 14 PP.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1840'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1985 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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