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Canada Magnetite Mine

Past Producer in Putnam county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067365
MRDS ID W000100
Record type Site
Current site name Canada Magnetite Mine
Related records 10248016

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.82539, 41.45638 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oscawana Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Putnam

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ORE BED 3 TO 15 FEET THICK; NEAR WALLS THIN MAGNETITE AND GNEISS SEAMS ALTERNATE; MUCH PEGMATITE IN AREA; SOME FAULTING WITH 50 FOOT OFFSETS; GRAY HORNBLENDE-BIOTITE GNEISS, LOCALLY AMPHIBOLITE ALTERED IN PLACES TO EPIDOTE; ORE BED EXPOSED FOR ONE MILE; TRACED FOR TWO MILES.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.82539, 41.45638
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 40 DEG.E
    Dip STEEP SE

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Iron Rich Pre Cambrian Beds

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: HIGHLY METAMORPHOSED AND FAULTED AREA; COMPLEX GEOLOGY, NUMEROUS THEORIES

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1880

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • NON-BESSEMER ORE; LACKED RAIL TRANSPORT; NO MAJOR PRODUCTION; NOT MINED OUT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • SOME HIGH GRADE MINED; MUCH HIGH AND LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS (NEWLAND, 1919)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COLONY, R. J., 1921, "MAGNETITE DEPOSITS SE. NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 249-250, MAP, TEXT, PG 111

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D. H., 1919, "MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 223, TEXT, PG 122

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J. C., 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 7, MAP, TEXT, PG 20

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ON STRIKE WITH THE PRATT, SACKETT, DENNY, STEWART MINES; ALL OWNED BY PHILADELPHIA AND READING COAL AND IRON COMPANY; NO RAILROAD. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-1971 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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