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Unnamed Prospect

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodity Garnet
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10081497
MRDS ID W033552
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.99927, 43.79442 (WGS84)
Elevation 491
Relative position .9 MILES N 54 W OF BM 1388 IN MINERVA NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Minerva(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(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
Garnet Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.99927, 43.79442
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1897
Year of last production 1918

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner American Glue Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.013HA
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 9.14M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MAGNUS, H.C., 1904, ABRASIVES OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGIST 23RD ANNUAL REPORT, 1903, P 160

  • Deposit

    MERRILL, F.J.H., 1895, MINERAL RESOURCES OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 15, P. 553-555

  • Deposit

    MILLER, W.J. 1919, GEOLOGY OF SCHROON LAKE QUADRANGLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 213, 214, P. 97

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1906, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 102, P 70-73 00

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 394

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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