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Orchard Pit

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082257
MRDS ID W044970
Record type Site
Current site name Orchard Pit
Alternate or previous names Barton Hill Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.53147, 44.09997 (WGS84)
Elevation 527
Location accuracy 250(meters)
Relative position 1.1 MILES N 43 W OF BM 1200 IN MINEVILLE 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

Witherbee(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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.53147, 44.09997
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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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Republic Steel Corp
    First year 1971

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.021HA
    Length 36.58M
    Overall length 36.58M
    Overall width 6.1M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 172

  • 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. 407

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORES; WITH A REPORT ON MINEVILLE-PORTHENRY MINE GROUP, BY J.F. KEMP: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P. 84, 86

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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