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Owl's Head Mine

Past Producer in Franklin 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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082157
MRDS ID W044811
Record type Site
Current site name Owl's Head Mine
Related records 10175460

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.16233, 44.74386 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Relative position .77 MILES N 33 E OF BM 1526 IN OWL'S HEAD NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Owls Head(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Massena(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 Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.16233, 44.74386
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 55 E
    Dip 80 SE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Comments on the workings information

  • AN ADIT 5 FT BY 5 FT TRENDING EASTWARD EXTENDS INTO THE WESTSIDE OF OWL'S HEAD

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

    POSTEL, A.W., DODSON, C.L., AND CARSWELL, L.D., 1956, GEOLOGY OF LOON LAKE QUADRANGLE, NEW YORK: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL QUADRANGLE MAP, GQ MAP-63

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. New York State Geological Survey

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