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Oak Hill Deposit

Past Producer 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 10082253
MRDS ID W044966
Record type Site
Current site name Oak Hill Deposit
Alternate or previous names Steele Bed
Related records 10127043

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.58342, 44.20553 (WGS84)
Elevation 323
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 1.2 MILES S 52 E OF BM 642 IN ELIZABETHTOWN 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

Elizabethtown(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
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result 38.98% FE, 5.21% TI O2

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glacial and Alluvial Deposits
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1810

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Kingdom Iron Ore Co.
    First year 1866

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT WAS SUNK IN 1866 BY MR R. REMINGTON

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    HARTNAGEL, C.A., AND BROUGHTON, J.G., 1951, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK STATE, 1937 TO 1948,: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM NUMBER 343, P. 116

  • Deposit

    KEMP, J.F., 1898, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MAGNETITES NEAR PORTHENRY, N.Y. AND ESPECIALLY THOSE OF MINEVILLE: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND ENGINEERING TRANSACTIONS, VOL. 27, P. 148

Reporter information

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

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