Shawangunk Mine

Past Producer in Sullivan county in New York, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc
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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10150776
MAS/MILS ID 0361050009
Record type Site
Current site name Shawangunk Mine
Alternate or previous names Summitville Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.44398, 41.59219 (WGS84)
Elevation 367

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sullivan(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wurtsboro(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Monticello(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Rondout(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Sullivan

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.44398, 41.59219

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRAY, CARLYLE, 1953, "THE LEAD-ZINC ORES OF THE SHAWANGUNK M

  • Deposit

    DISTRICT" PH.D. DISSERTATION, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK

  • Deposit

    SIMS, P.K. HOTZ, P.E., 1951, "ZINC-LEAD DEPOSIT AT SHAWANGUN

  • Deposit

    SULLIVAN COUNTY, N.Y.", U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 978-D.

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, "THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF

  • Deposit

    K", NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN, JULY-AUG., 1919.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. REC. 030 LATITUDE-LONGITUDE ARE APPROX. LOCATION DESCRIBED IN BACK-UP FILES (GRAY, 1953, "THE LEAD-ZINC ORES OF THE SHAWANGUNK TAIN DISTRICT", PHD. THESIS, COLUMBIA UNIV., NEW YORK, N.Y., YEAR ENTERED 1977 BY A. BROCOUM FOR MAS CU STUDY RECORD 010, FIELD 26-28/CU IS A BY-PRODUCT OF PB-ZN MINING, INVESTIGATIONS RESOURCE MAP MR-13

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Brocoum, A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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