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Macintyre Development

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150830
MRDS ID ISM0625
MAS/MILS ID 0360310104
Record type Site
Current site name Macintyre Development
Alternate or previous names Sanford Hill-South Ext. Ore Body
Related records 10024873

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -74.05035, 44.05108 (WGS84)
Elevation 536
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Adams(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tupper Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium Critical Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Amphibole Unknown
Apatite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Pyroxene Unknown
Pyrrhotite Unknown
Spinel Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -74.05035, 44.05108
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N00E
    Dip 30W
    Thickness 45M
    Length 1000M
    Width 600M
    Depth to top 12.5M
    Field Value
    MAS Matrix # 1
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 MASSIVE
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Secondary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 OTHER
    Strike And Dip N00E:30W
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 12.5
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Date of Last Modification 810623
  • Area 405HA
    Field Value
    Total Surface Area (HA) 405
    Date of Last Modification 910418

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1826
Mining method Open Pit
Year of first production 1942
Milling method Flotation

Mining district

District name Sanford Lake

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nl Industries, Inc.
    ID 3000589
    Interest 100
    Home office New York
    Year 1981

Production statistics

  • Year 1970
    Description Titaniferous Magnetite Ore 3361000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Magnesite Magnesium 3361000mt
  • Year 1971
    Description Titaniferous Magnetite Ore 2111000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 2111000mt
  • Year 1972
    Description Titaniferous Magnetite Ore 1608000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 1608000mt
  • Year 1973
    Description Titaniferous Magnetite Ore 1876000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 1876000mt
  • Year 1974
    Description Titaniferous Magnetite Ore 1765000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 1765000mt
  • Year 1975
    Description Titaniferous Magnetite Ore 1146000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 1146000mt
  • Year 1976
    Description Titaniferous Magnetite Ore 823000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 823000mt
  • Year 1977
    Description Titaniferous Magnetite Ore 392000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 392000mt
  • Year 1978
    Description Titaniferous Magnetite Ore 515000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 515000mt
  • Year 1979
    Description Titaniferous Magnetite Ore 1083000 Metric Tons Ore/Year
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Titanium Titanium 1083000mt
  • Year 1980
    Description 72,800 Mt Tio2 Contained In Concentrate 154500 Mt Tio2 Concentrate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major TiO2 Conc. Titanium Titanium 154500mt
  • Year 1981
    Description 79,100 Mt Tio2 Contained In Concentrate 157100 Mt Tio2 Concentrate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Conc. Titanium Titanium 157100mt
  • Year 1982
    Description 19,900 Mt Tio2 Contained In Concentrate 46700 Mt Tio2 Concentrate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major TiO2 Titanium Titanium 46700mt

Comments on the production information

  • ALL ILMENITE CONCENTRATE IS SHIPPED TO THE NL INDUSTRIES PIGMENT PLANT IN SAYREVILLE, NEW JERSEY.
  • PRECISE RECOVERIES ARE 41.1 PERCENT FOR MAGNETITE CONCEN- TRATE AND 51.8 PERCENT FOR ILMENITE CONCENTRATE.
  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 4663 HECTARES. PRODUCTION DATA FOR 1980 - 1982 FROM BU MINES PRODUCTION STATISTICS. MINE AND PLANT PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN OCT 1982. PART OF PLANT AND ALL MINING EQUIPMENT SOLD OFF. PLANT IS ONLY FINE GRINDING SMALL STOCKPILE OF CRUSHED MAGNETITE AND SELLING PRODUCT TO VARIOUS COAL COMPANIES AS HEAVY MEDIA AGENT IN COAL PREPARATION PLANTS. STOCKPILE LESS THAN 9000 MT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 2 REPRESENTS THE INFERRED RESERVES OF THE CHENEY POND ORE BODY; THESE RESERVES ARE AT THE 50 PERCENT PROBABILITY LEVEL AND HAVE NOT BEEN EVALUATED. . M3C1=M1C1-1,836,000 MATRIX 3, COL 1 = MATRIX 1, COL 1 - 1,836,000 1987 RESERVES = 1980 RESERVES MINUS 1980-1982 ORE PRODUCTION.
  • PRESENTLY ONLY SELLING MAGNETITE OFF THE STOCKPILES. INCLUDES CHEYNEY POND #0360310039.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 60HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method ACTUAL
    Mining Method OPEN PIT
    Swell Factor .77
    Percent Waste Rock 33.3
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 12.5
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 14
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 45
    Capacity 3810
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 1.89
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 200
    Operating Shifts per Day 1
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 4663 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BALSLEY, J.R. VANADIUM-BEARING MAGNETITE-ILMENITE DEPOSITS

  • Deposit

    NEAR LAKE SANFORD, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW YORK. U.S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY BULL. 940-D, 1943, PP. 99-123.

  • Deposit

    ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL. MACINTYRE MINES ILMENITE-

  • Deposit

    MAGNETITE ORES. V. 175, NO. 11, NOVEMBER 1974, P. 157.

  • Deposit

    GROSS, S.O. TITANIFEROUS ORES OF THE SANFORD LAKE DISTRICT,

  • Deposit

    NEW YORK. CH. IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES,

  • Deposit

    1933-1967, ED. BY JOHN D. RIDGE. AIME, NEW YORK, V. 1,

  • Deposit

    1ST ED., 1968, PP. 141-153.

  • Deposit

    HEYBURN, M.M. GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INVESTIGATION OF

  • Deposit

    THE SANFORD HILL ORE BODY EXTENSION, TAHAWUS, NEW YORK.

  • Deposit

    M.S. THESIS, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY, SYRACUSE, NEW YORK,

  • Deposit

    1952, 48 PP.

  • Deposit

    LYND, L.E., AND R.A. HOUGH. TITANIUM. PREPRINT FROM

  • Deposit

    BUMINES YEARBOOK 1978-1979, 1980, PP. 1-6.

  • Deposit

    MINING AND METALLURGY. MACINTYRE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL

  • Deposit

    LEAD CO. AT TAHAWUS, N. Y. V. 24, NO. 443,

  • Deposit

    NOVEMBER 1943, PP. 509-516.

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON, R.C. TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    LAKE SANFORD AREA, NEW YORK. NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM

  • Deposit

    BULL. 340, 1945, 92 PP.

  • Deposit

    WEINMAN, P. L. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INVERTEBRATE FOSSILS

  • Deposit

    OF NEW YORK. EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 9, THE UNIVERSITY

  • Deposit

    OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE STATE MUSEUM AND SCIENCE

  • Deposit

    SERVICE, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 1966, 18 PP.

  • Deposit

    WIMPFEN, S. P., AND N. SEVERINGHAUS. INDUSTRIAL MINERALS.

  • Deposit

    CH. IN SME MINING ENGINEERING HANDBOOK, ED. BY IVAN A.

  • Deposit

    GIVEN. AIME, NEW YORK, V. 2, 1973, PP. 107-122.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PRECISE MILL RECOVERY IS 75 PERCENT. PROPERTY UPDATED JAN 1987.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-JUL-1997 Mep-Dgh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/12/1999
MSHA mine ID3000589
Mine name (MSHA)MAC INTYRE DEVELOPMENT
Current operatorKronos Inc
Current controller (parent)Nl Industries Inc
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

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