| Deposit ID | 10082198 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W044864 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Clifton Mine |
| Related records | 10150745 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.03208, 44.31054 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 354 |
| Relative position | 3.6 MILES S 43.5 E OF BM 877 JUST WEST OF DEGRASSE NEW YORK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
St. Lawrence(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Degrasse(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | St. Lawrence |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -75.03208, 44.31054 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Fault Trend N 46 W And Dip 32 Sw, Foliation Strike Ne |
| General form | TABULAR |
|---|---|
| Strike | NORTHEAST |
| Dip | 40 SE |
| Plunge | 5-20S |
| Plunge direction | S 10 W |
| Thickness | 18.29M |
| Length | 457.2M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1845 |
| Year of first production | 1942 |
| Year of last production | 1952 |
| Ownership category | State |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | M. H. Hanna Coal And Ore Corp. |
| First year | 1952 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 173.74M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044864 |
DRESSNER, E.F., 1950, GENESIS OF THE CLIFTON MINE MAGNETITE DEPOSIT. DEGRASSE, ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK: CORNELL UNIVERSITY, M.S. THESIS (UNPUBLISHED)
HUNNER, G.B., 1943, DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF CLIFTON MINES, HANNA ORE CO.: MINING AND METALLURGY, V. 24, P 517-519
LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED WITH REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P 411
SILLIMAN, BENJAMIN, JR., 1873, REMARKS ON THE MAGNETITES OF CLIFTON N ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND METURGICAL ENGINEERS TRANSACTION, V. 1, P 366-371
WALKER, A.E., 1943, GEOLOGY OF THE PARISH CLIFTON AND PARISH ORE DEPOSITS: MINING AND METALLURGY, V. 24, P519-520
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1840'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1985 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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