Humbug Vein, Mineville

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10067880
MRDS ID W000754
Record type Site
Current site name Humbug Vein, Mineville
Related records 10199853

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.5162, 44.0833 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Witherbee(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain South(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.5162, 44.0833

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: IGNEOUS-ANORTHOSITE-NORITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
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 ORE IS REPORTED TO CARRY 20 PERCENT TIO2. ; 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.