Cook Mine

Past Producer in Clinton 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. Geologic structures
  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 10082108
MRDS ID W044715
Record type Site
Current site name Cook Mine
Related records 10248202

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.58397, 44.48941 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Relative position 5.32 MILES N 52 E OF BM 544 IN AUSABLE FORKS NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clinton(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Clintonville(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 Clinton

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) -73.58397, 44.48941

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Lineation Plunges 30 N

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Strike N 12-20 E
    Dip 50 TO 75 W TO VERTICAL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1838
Year of last production 1856

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Republic Steel Corp

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.053HA
    Length 60.96M
    Overall depth 12.19M
    Overall length 228.6M
    Overall width 2.44M

Comments on the workings information

  • 4 OPEN PITS, TWO ARE IN THE NORTHERN ZONE AND TWO ARE IN THE SOUTHERN ZONE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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