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Craig Harbor Deposit

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. 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. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082268
MRDS ID W044981
Record type Site
Current site name Craig Harbor Deposit
Related records 10248049

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.45175, 44.05858 (WGS84)
Elevation 91
Relative position 2.94 MILES N 05 E OF ELEVATION MARK 106 OFF ROUTE 9N SOUTH OF PORTHENRY

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Henry(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.45175, 44.05858
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Dip 35 W
    Depth to top 15.24M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.278HA
    Length 804.67M
    Overall length 804.67M
    Overall width 3.66M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORES: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P 69, PLATE 2

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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