| Deposit ID | 10082114 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W044726 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Arnold Hill Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Big Mine |
| Related records | 10127146 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -73.61731, 44.48858 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 329 |
| Relative position | 4.07 MILES N 40 E OF BM 544 IN AUSABLE FORKS NEW YORK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clinton(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clintonville(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | Clinton |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Magnetite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Hornblende | Gangue |
| Plagioclase | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| |||
| (1) | -73.61731, 44.48858 |
|---|
| General form | PINCH AND SWELL |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20 E |
| Dip | N W |
| Thickness | 8.23M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1806 |
| Discoverer | Mr. Sameul Baker |
| Year of first production | 1835 |
| Year of last production | 1905 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Arnold Iron Ore Co. |
| First year | 1890 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Republic Steel Corp |
| First year | 1971 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 243.84M |
| Overall length | 1097.28M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044726 |
LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCE TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITEDSTATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 405
NEWLAND, D.H., 1906, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 102, P. 95-98
PUTNAM, B.T., 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 U.S. CENSUS, 1880, V. 15, P. 119-120
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1985 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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