Ward Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Workings at the site
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082082
MRDS ID W044676
Record type Site
Current site name Ward Mine
Related records 10175709

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.60349, 44.21942 (WGS84)
Elevation 162
Relative position 1.43 MILES N 23 E OF BM 545 IN ANTWERP NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antwerp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fort Drum(Army Training Installation)

Army Training Installation ARMY(Type of land area)

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.60349, 44.21942

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1852

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.044HA
    Length 30.48M
    Overall length 30.48M
    Overall width 15.24M

Comments on development

  • ABOUT 700 TO 800 TONS OF ROCK WERE REMOVED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P 45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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