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Sanford Hill-South Extension

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Vanadium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067873
MRDS ID W000747
Record type Site
Current site name Sanford Hill-South Extension
Alternate or previous names Mac Intyre Development Or Sanford Hill Or Tahawus

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.04955, 44.04998 (WGS84)
Relative position TAHAWUS, 10 MILES NORTH OF

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Adams(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tupper Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Vanadium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Spinel Gangue
Ilmenite Unknown

Alteration

  • (Local) Possible Andesinization Of Anorthosite

Analytical data

Result PERCENTAGES OF TIO2 IN ORE TYPES: ANORTHOSITE,0-5.4
Result GABBRO, 5.5-9.4
Result LOW GRADE PROTORE, 9.5-13.4
Result MEDIUM-GRADE ORE, 13.5-17.4
Result HIGH GRADE ORE, 17.5+

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Rock unit name Marcy Anortnosite;Whiteface Anorthosite,;Gabbro
    Rock description Marcy Anortnosite;Whiteface Anorthosite,;Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.04955, 44.04998
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Adirondack Anorthosite Massif With Many Faults ; Reg.Trends: Foliation, Linear Flow Structure, Faulting
Type of structure Local
Structure description Faults Associated With Gabbro Masses, Helped Develop Hanging-And Foot-Wall Ore Bodies

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES AND BANDS
    Strike N 30 DEG. EAST TO S 30 DEG. EAST
    Dip 45 DEG. NW TO 30 DEG. NW
    Length 1828.8M
    Width 228.6M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Faults In Adirondack Massif Forming Hanging-And Foot-Wall Ore Bodies

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR.UNITS: MARCY ANORTHOSITE, GABBRO, WHITEFACE ANORTHOSITE ; GEOL.DESC: IGNEOUS-ANORTHOSITE-NORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1826
Discoverer Indians With Prospectors
Year of first production 1834

Mining district

District name Sanford Lake(Tahawus)District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Nl Industries (Formerly National Lead Co.)

Comments on the production information

  • RECENT PROUCTION FIGURES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED BECAUSE INFORMATION IS COMPANY CONFIDENTIAL

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0587 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD; RECORD NUMBER ISM0625 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    1A. GROSS, S.O., 1968, TITANIFEROUS ORES OF THE SANFORD LAKE DISTRICT,NEW YORK, IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES,1933-1967(GRATON-SALES VOLUME), VOL. 1: NEW YORK, A.I.M.E. INC., P. 140-153.

  • Deposit

    1B.NATIONAL LEAD CO., TITANIUM DIV., 1964, MACINTYRE DEVELOPMENT, TAHAWUS, NEW YORK--HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT, 8 P., ILLUS.

  • Deposit

    1C.BALSLEY, J.R., JR., 1943, VANADIUM-BEARING MAGNETITE-ILMENITE DEPOSITS NEAR LAKE SANFORD, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW YORK: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 940-D, P. 99-123.

  • Deposit

    1838 DIREXPL ADIRONDACK IRON AND STEEL CO., PRODUCED IRON ORE

  • Deposit

    1894 DIREXPL MACINTYRE DEVELOPMENT CO., PRODUCED IRON ORE

  • Deposit

    1941 DIREXPL NL INDUSTRIES(FORMERLY NATIONAL LEAD CO.)PRODUCED TI CONCENTRATES AND FE AS COPRODUCT

  • Deposit

    1942 GEOCHEM J.R. BALSLEY, JR., -V POTENTIAL ESTABLISHED(1C)

  • Deposit

    1942 GEOLMAP J.R. BALSLEY, JR., -V POTENTIAL EXAMINED(1C)

  • Production

    NATL. LEAD CO., 1964, MACINTYRE DEVELOPMENT(1B)

  • Reserve-Resource

    BALSLEY, J.R.,JR.,U.S.G.S. BULL. 940-D, 1943 (IC)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEPOSIT IS OF COMMERCIAL GRADE AND TONNAGE
Deposit INFORMATION TAKEN FROM REF. 1A EXCEPT AS INDICATED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit First Production Year: 1942(ILMENITE), 1834(IRON)
Deposit Discovery Year: 1826(FE), 1848(TI RECOGNIZED)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1972 Cooper, Margaret U.S. Geological Survey

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