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Skiff Mine

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089812
MRDS ID W033540
Record type Site
Current site name Skiff Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.59953, 43.88414 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3.2 MILES N 83 W OF BM 954 NEAR CHILSON, NEW YORK, Within In A Radius Of 2000 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(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
Quartz Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore
Quartz Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLE 49.96% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.59953, 43.88414
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 70 E
    Dip 80 S
    Thickness 1.83M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer Horicon Iron Co.
Year of first production 1862
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lake Champlain Ore And Transportation Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall length 91.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORES: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P. 55

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P 25, MAP

  • 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 404, 407

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-84 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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