Furnace Mountain Anomaly

Past Producer in Franklin 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082168
MRDS ID W044824
Record type Site
Current site name Furnace Mountain Anomaly

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.31649, 44.65469 (WGS84)
Elevation 453
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.8 MILES S 67 W OF BM 1514 ON NEW YORK ROUTE 99 SOUTHEAST OF HORSESHOE POND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Length 2816.28M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1835
Year of last production 1845

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, E., 1842, GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK, PT. 2, COMPRISING THE SURVEY OF SECOND GEOLOGICAL DISTRICT: ALBANY, NEW YORK, W. AND A. WHITE PRINTERS, P. 327

  • Deposit

    SHAUB, B.M., 1954, MAGNETIC ANOMALIES OF THE SANTA CLARA, NEW YORK QUADRANGLE: NEW YORK STATE SCIENCE SERVICE REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4, P. 13

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-86 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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