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Skerry Mine

Past Producer in Franklin 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106342
MRDS ID W044810
Record type Site
Current site name Skerry Mine
Related records 10199912

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.37594, 44.75691 (WGS84)
Elevation 390
Relative position .75 MILES S 23 E OF BM 1087 IN SKERRY NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bangor(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Massena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 408

  • Deposit

    POSTEL, A.W., WIESNET, D.R., AND NELSON, A.E., 1956, GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE MALONE QUADRANGLE, NEW YORK: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS GEOLOGIC INVESTIGATION MAP I-167

Reporter information

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

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