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Vineland and Butler Mines

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081492
MRDS ID W033544
Record type Site
Current site name Vineland and Butler Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.44453, 43.91497 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3.3 MILES S 28 W OF BM 114 NEAR PUTTS PT EAST NORTH EAST OF CROWN POINT NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Crown Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLED AUG 51.34% FE

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.44453, 43.91497
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LODE
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 52 NW
    Thickness 23.16M
    Length 487.68M
    Width 1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1887
Year of last production 1892

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Lake Champlain Ore And Transportation Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.013HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 40.23M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 4.57M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF ADIRONDACK, MAGNETIC IRON ORES: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P 41

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P. 24, MAP.

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A. 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P 404, 407

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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