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Putnam County Arsenic Mine

Past Producer in Putnam county in New York, United States with commodities Arsenic, Sulfur, Iron, Copper
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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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067412
MRDS ID W000159
Record type Site
Current site name Putnam County Arsenic Mine
Related records 10175624

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.71566, 41.45721 (WGS84)
Relative position BROWN'S SERPENTINE QUARRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Carmel(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
Arsenic Critical Primary
Sulfur Primary
Iron Primary
Copper Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • STRINGERS AND MASSIVE ARSENOPYRITE WITH SOME PYRITE, MINOR CHALCOPYRITE. IN 1906-08, MINE WORKED AND OWNED BY PUTNAM COUNTY MINING CORPORATION; SHAFT 100 FT. DEEP, DRIFT AT BOTTOM 75 FT ON QUARTZ VEIN WITH SULFIDES 12 FT. WIDE; WIDEST VEIN QUARTZ 20 FT., WITH TWO ORE ZONES THAT INTERSECT AT 60 DEGREES. MINE AT FOOT OF DIKE HILL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore

Analytical data

Result 18.5% AS
Result 28.8% FE
Result 25% S
Result 0.16% CU
Result TRACE MN
Result 26.8% SIO2
Result 0.2% AL2O3
Result 0.01% CA
Result 0.05% P2O5
Result NO CO, NI OR MG.

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.71566, 41.45721
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Vein Quartz In Hornblende Gneiss Parallel To Dike

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: VEIN QUARTZ PARALLEL TO NORTH TRENDING RIDGE OF ALTERED PERIDOTITE DIKE OF SERPENTINE ABOUT 0.5 MILES LONG, 100 TO 300 YARDS WIDE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Production years 1888, 1906-1907

Mining district

District name Hudson Highlands

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Putnam County Mining Corp. 08).
    First year 1906

Comments on the production information

  • PROSPECTED IN 1847: 18.5% AS. PROBABLY ONLY SMALL PRODUCTION FROM LOW GRADE AS DEPOSIT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO FIGURES AVAILABLE BUT PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF ORE AVAILABLE FROM VEIN QUARTZ

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D. H., 1919, "MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW YORK STATE", N. Y. S. MUSEUM BULL. 223, PG 28, 29

  • Deposit

    MATHER, W. W., 1839, "THIRD ANNUAL REPORT", N. Y. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, PG 105, 106.

  • Deposit

    JUDD, E. K., 1908, "ARSENIC MINE IN PUTNAM COUNTY", ENG. AND MINING JOUR. FEB. 2, 1908 PG 306

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit EXACT LOCATION OF MINE NOT GIVEN BUT NEAR BROWN'S SERPENTINE QUARRY. WHEN SHAFT 40 FT DEEP, BOUGHT BY HUDSON RIVER MINING COMPANY (1839). NOT LOCATED, REFERENCE IN MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY MAGAZINE FOR 1906. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

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