Smith Mine

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Molybdenum, 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 10296711
MRDS ID W044974
MAS/MILS ID 0360310101
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Mine
Related records 10082261

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.52563, 44.10857 (WGS84)
Elevation 457

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
Molybdenum Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.52563, 44.10857

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    1964, P.23-25, FIG 1

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.