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Brewster Magnetite Mine

Past Producer in Putnam 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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067370
MRDS ID W000107
Record type Site
Current site name Brewster Magnetite Mine
Related records 10126710

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.61899, 41.40388 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brewster(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

Comments on the commodity information

  • SMALL AND IRREGULAR ORE SHOOTS - WORKINGS UNDER N.Y. AND HARLEM RAILROAD FROM SHAFT BEHIND HOTEL; UNDERGROUND OPEN PITS AT BASE OF HILL JUST WEST OF RAILROAD STATION; 3 LEVELS IN UNDERGROUND MINE; SUPPOSEDLY TRACED 1 1/2 MILES SOUTH TO CROTEN MAGNETITE DEPOSITS

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) -73.61899, 41.40388
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Iron Rich Pre Cambrian Bed

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

Mining district

District name Southeast New York

Comments on the production information

  • KNOWN ORE SHOOTS MINED OUT

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • RESERVES UNKNOWN; PROBABLY MINOR LOW GRADE ORE REMAINS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J. C. 1889, "IRON MINES OF NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL 7, MAP, TEXT, PG 22

  • Deposit

    COLONY, R. J., 1921, "MAGNETITE DEPOSITS SE. NEW YORK," N.Y.S. MUSEUM BULL. 249, MAP, TEXT, PG 117, 118

  • Production

    SMOCK, 1889; COLONY, 1921

  • Reserve-Resource

    SMOCK, 1889

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1972 D'Agostino, John P. U.S. Geological Survey

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