Weltch Shaft

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, REE
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 10175590
MAS/MILS ID 0360310103
Record type Site
Current site name Weltch Shaft

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.52453, 44.09057 (WGS84)
Elevation 393

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Witherbee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain South(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 Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.52453, 44.09057

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REF: WAR MINERALS REPORT-YTTRIUM &RARE EARTH RESOURCES OF TH

  • Deposit

    MINEVILLE-PORT HENRY IRON DIST.,ESSEX CO.,N.Y.,WILLIAMS,R.L.

  • Deposit

    P.23,25,FIG.2.

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.