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Iron Ore Mountain Deposit

Occurrence in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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  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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082227
MRDS ID W044918
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Ore Mountain Deposit
Alternate or previous names Mt Adam's Ore Body

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.04788, 44.08414 (WGS84)
Elevation 780
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3.14 MILES N 25 E OF BM 1728 IN TAHAWUS NEW YORK, Within Aradius Of 1000 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Adams(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tupper Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.04788, 44.08414
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 58 W
    Dip 85 SW
    Length 533.4M
    Width 21.34M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner N. L. Industries

Comments on development

  • SEVERAL DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE DRILLED HERE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GROSS, S.O., 1968, TITANIFEROUS ORES OF THE SANFORD LAKE DISTRICT, NEW YORK: IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME), VOL. 1, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERING, NEW YORK, P 140-153

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.C., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 407

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON, R.C., 1945, TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE SANFORD AREA, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 340, P 41-42

Reporter information

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

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