Bowen and Signor 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. 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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106335
MRDS ID W044727
Record type Site
Current site name Bowen and Signor Mine
Related records 10150779

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.80786, 44.59386 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position .84 MILES S 05 W OF BM 1119 IN REDFORD 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gneiss Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Scapolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.80786, 44.59386

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip 70 N W
    Width 6.71M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Saranac Iron Mining Co
    First year 1905

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 487.68M
    Overall depth 53.34M
    Overall length 678.18M

Comments on the workings information

  • 9 SHAFTS WORKED THE FIRST LEVEL AND SHAFT 3 WORKED THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE MINE AT 175 FT BELOW THE SURFACE

Comments on development

  • ORIGINALLY OWNED BY PETER TREMBLAY WHO SOLD IT TO BOWEN AND WILLIAMS IN 1867. WILLIAMS SOLD HIS SHARE TO SIGNOR IN 1870'S. DIAMOND DRILLING EXPLORATION PROGRAM CARRIEDOUT BY S.I.M. CO. IN 1905

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1840'S

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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