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Canaan Lead Silver Mines

Producer in Columbia county in New York, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc
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  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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10110224
MRDS ID W000178
Record type Site
Current site name Canaan Lead Silver Mines
Related records 10273034

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.42454, 42.38581 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Columbia(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Canaan(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Pittsfield(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Albany(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Housatonic(hydrologic unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic accounting unit)

Connecticut Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

New England(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Columbia

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • FINE GRAINED GALENA, YELLOW SPHALERITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.42454, 42.38581
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Quartz Veins Which Cut Limestone Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SULFIDE VEIN SEVERAL INCHES WIDE IN VEIN QUARTZ WHICH CUT LIMESTONE BEDS NUMEROUS SMALL VEIN QUARTZ WITH SULFIDES IN AREA IN STOCKBRIDGE FORMATION

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years ABOUT 1790

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCTION UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MATHER, W. W., 1838, "REPORT 1ST GEOL. DIST. N.Y.S.", NEW YORK GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, V.2, PG. 178

  • Deposit

    WHITLOCK, C. E., 1903, "NEW YORK MINERAL LOCALITIES", NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM, V.57, NO. 70, PG. 26

  • Deposit

    BECK, L. C., 1842, "MINERALOGY OF NEW YORK", NATURAL HISTORY OF N.Y., PG. 46

  • Production

    MATHER, 1838

  • Reserve-Resource

    MATHER, W. W., 1838

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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