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Sing Sing Silver Mine

Past Producer in Putnam county in New York, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Copper, Iron, Chromium, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Controls for ore emplacement
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067407
MRDS ID W000154
Record type Site
Current site name Sing Sing Silver Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.86484, 41.14111 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Westchester(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ossining(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
Lead Primary
Silver Secondary
Copper Secondary
Iron Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SHAFT NEAR RIVER AT SPARTA, ONE MILE SOUTH OF SING SING PRISON; SHAFT 150 FT. DEEP, DRIFT TOWARD RIVER FOR DRAINAGE NOT COMPLETED. THIN SEAM OF GALENA;

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcocite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.86484, 41.14111
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Sulfides In Metamorphosed Limestones

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: SCHISTOSE GNEISS WITH AMPHIBOLITE AND MARBLE BEDS. FORMATION NEAR PRECAMBRIAN INWOOD MARBLE AND FORDHAM GNEISS; METALLIC VEINS IN LIMESTONE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1770, 1827

Mining district

District name Hudson Valley

Comments on the production information

  • ONLY A FEW POUNDS OF ORE PRODUCED, "NOT ENOUGH TO PAY FOR MINING CANDLES". HIGH GRADE AG-PB ORE.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES GIVEN, PROBABLY ONLY MEAGER QUANTITIES OF SULFIDE ORE AVAILABLE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TORREY, J., 1848, "VAUQUELINITE, RARE ORE OF CHROMIUM", LYCEUM NATURAL HISTORY OF N. Y.; VOL. 4, PG 76-79

  • Deposit

    MATHER, W. W., 1939, "THIRD ANNUAL REPORT", N. Y. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PG 103, 104

  • Deposit

    BECK, L. C., 1842, "MINERALOGY OF NEW YORK", N. Y. S. NATURAL HISTORY, PG 442

  • Production

    MATHER, 1839

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit FIRST MINED BY BRITISH OFFICER BEFORE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. IN 1927 $100,000 SPENT ON MINE, SMALL QUANTITIES OF GOOD ORE MINED; SOLD FOR $1000. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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