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Mount Bigelow Mine

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodity Garnet
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082219
MRDS ID W044900
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Bigelow Mine
Alternate or previous names Smith Mine, Drake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.44396, 44.45775 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3.14 MILES S 48 E OF BM 510 IN KEESEVILLE NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Douglass(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 Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Garnet Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.44396, 44.45775
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike NW
    Dip W

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1950
Year of first production 1905
Year of last production 1914

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner American Garnet Co
    First year 1915
  • Type Owner
    Owner George Smith
    First year 1910

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 394

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1906, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY OF NEW YORK STATE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 102, P 70-73

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1900'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-85 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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