Sanford Lake District

Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Titanium, Iron, Vanadium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Ownership information
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001558
MRDS ID W000748
Record type District
Current site name Sanford Lake District
Alternate or previous names Tahawus
Included sites Macintyre, Cheney Pond, Sanford Hill South Extension, Mt Adams, Calamity Mill P.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.04955, 44.04998 (WGS84)
Relative position THIS DISTRICT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING DEPOSITS:SANFORD HILL-SOUTH EXTENSION(ALSO CALLED MACINTYRE DEVELOPMENT OR TAHAWUS OR SANFORD HILL),CHENEY POND,UPPER WORKS (ALSO CALLED CALAMITY OR MILL POND), AND MT. ADAMS (ALSO CALLED IRON MOUNTAIN OR ORE MOUNTAIN).{{ALL INFORMATION IS TAKEN FROM REF.1A.EXCEPT AS INDICATED.

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
Titanium Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Vanadium Critical Secondary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.04955, 44.04998

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure name FAULTING
Structure description FAULTS ASSOCIATED WITH GABBRO MASSES, HELPED DEVELOP HANGING-AND FOOT-WALL ORE BODIES
Type of structure Regional
Structure description ADIRONDACK ANORTHOSITE MASSIF WITH MANY FAULTS ; REG.TRENDS: FOLIATION, LINEAR FLOW STRUCTURES, FAULTING

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault/fracture

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1826
Discoverer Indians With Prospectors
Year of first production 1834
Year of last production 1983

Mining district

District name SANFORD LAKE DISTRICT

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner NL INDUSTRIES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GROSS, S.O., 1968, TITANIFEROUS ORES OF THE SANFORD LAKE DISTRICT, NEW YORK, IN RIDGE, J.D., ED., ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967, V. 1: NEWYORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 140-153.

  • Deposit

    BALSLEY,J.R., JR., 1943, VANADIUM-BEARING MAGNETITE-ILMENITE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE SANFORD, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW YORK; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.940-D,P.99-123.

  • Deposit

    NATIONAL LEAD CO., TITANIUM DIV., 1964, MACINTYRE DEVELOPMENT, TAHAWUS, NEW YORK--HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT, 8 P., ILLUS.

  • Deposit

    FORCE, E.R. AND LYND, L.E., 1984, 11 PAGES, TITANIUM MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE UNITED STATES - DEFINITIONS AND DOCUMNETATION, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE GEOLOGY OF MINERAL DEPOSITS, GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1558-B.

  • Deposit

    FANTEL, R.J., ET AL, 1986, TITANIUM MINERALS AVAILABILITY - MARKET ECONOMY COUNTRIES, US BUREAU OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR 9061, 48 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-72 COOPER, MARGARET U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 13-DEC-10 Causey, J. Douglas U.S. Geological Survey Combined info from MRDS record ISM0587 (Dep_ID 60000755) and deleted that record.

Beyond USGS

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