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Shirtliff Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082081
MRDS ID W044675
Record type Site
Current site name Shirtliff Mine
Related records 10248115

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.24459, 44.19637 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Relative position 2.38 MILES S 84 W OF BM 435 IN HALLS CORNER NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fine(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result 49.40% FE (PUTNAM, 1886)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Potsdam Sandstone
    Rock description Potsdam Sandstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.24459, 44.19637
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 45 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1838
Year of last production 1888

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Sterling Iron Co.
    First year 1886

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 1.183HA
    Length 411.48M
    Overall depth 60.96M
    Overall length 411.48M
    Overall width 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE UNDERGROUND MINE HAD TWO LEVELS, AT THE 100 FT LEVEL THE MINE WAS WORKED FOR A 500 FT DISTANCE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 408

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224., P. 129

  • Deposit

    PUTNAM, B.J., 1886, NOTES ON SAMPLES OF IRON ORE COLLECTED IN NEW YORK IN REPORT ON THE MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, BY R. PUMPELLY: CENSUS OFFICE, 10TH UNITED STATES CENSUS, 1880, V. 15, P. 142

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P 44, MAP

  • Deposit

    BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1934, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HAMMOND, ANTWERP, AND LOWVILLE QUADRANGLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 296, P 197-198, MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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