Moose Mountain

Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067875
MRDS ID W000749
Record type Site
Current site name Moose Mountain
Related records 10273009

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.19955, 44.03331 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Santanoni Peak(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 Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.19955, 44.03331

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IGNEOUS-ANORTHOSITE-NORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORES , WITH A REPORT ON THE MINEVILLE-PORT HENRY MINE GROUP, BY J.F. KEMP: NEW YORK STATE MUS., MUS. BULL. 119,182 P

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY A FEW HUNDRED TONS OF ORE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OUT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.