Owls Head Mine

Prospect in Franklin 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Land status
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175460
MRDS ID W044811
MAS/MILS ID 0360330010
Record type Site
Current site name Owls Head Mine
Related records 10082157

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.16125, 44.74357 (WGS84)
Elevation 628

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Owls Head(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

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.16125, 44.74357

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF:POSTEL,A.W.,DODSON,L.L.,& CARSWELL,L.D.,1956,GEOL.OF THE

  • Deposit

    LAKE QUAD.,N.Y.,U.S.G.S.GEOL.QUAD.MAP,GQ-63.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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