Arnold Hill Mines

Past Producer in Clinton county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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. 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 10082114
MRDS ID W044726
Record type Site
Current site name Arnold Hill Mines
Alternate or previous names Big Mine
Related records 10127146

Geographic coordinates

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

Site location context

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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Clinton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Plagioclase Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.61731, 44.48858

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form PINCH AND SWELL
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip N W
    Thickness 8.23M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Arnold Iron Ore Co.
    First year 1890
  • Type Owner
    Owner Republic Steel Corp
    First year 1971

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 243.84M
    Overall length 1097.28M

Comments on the workings information

  • THREE PARALLEL ORE BODIES WERE DEVELOPED THE BLUEVEIN, GRAY VEIN AND BLACK VEIN

Comments on development

  • IT WAS FIRST WORKED BY HUSSEY AND HOWE MINING CO THEN THE ARNOLD IRON ORE CO. WHICH SOLD IT'S PROPERTIES TO WITHERBEE AND SHERMANCO. WHO LEASED IT TO REPUBLIC STEEL CORP.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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