Split Rock Mine

Occurrence in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Titanium, Metal, Iron, Vanadium
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 10067884
MRDS ID W000758
Record type Site
Current site name Split Rock Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.36619, 44.21664 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Vergennes West(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
Vanadium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Olivine Gangue
Orthoclase Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Spinel Gangue
Ilmenite Unknown

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.36619, 44.21664

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

    1A. NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORE, WITH A REPORT ON THE MINEVILLE-PORT HENRY MINE GROUP,BY J.F.KEMP:NEW YORK STATE MUS.,MUS.BULL. 119,182 P.

  • Deposit

    1B.SINGEWALD, J.T., JR., 1913, THE TITANIFEROUS IRON ORES IN THE UNITED STATES--THEIR COMPOSITION AND ECONOMIC VALUE: U.S. BUREAU OF MINES BULL. 64,145 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ORE ANALYSES SHOWED 15.66 AND 14.70 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.