| Deposit ID | 10089973 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W044707 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Winter Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -73.5762, 44.45108 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 271 |
| Relative position | 5.1 MILES N 65 E OF BM 544 IN AUSABLE FORKS NEW YORK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Essex(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Clintonville(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | Clinton |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Result | 46.70% FE (NEWLAND, 1908) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Host | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||
| |||
| (1) | -73.5762, 44.45108 |
|---|
| General form | LENSE |
|---|---|
| Strike | NNW |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1835 |
| Year of first production | 1845 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Republic Steel Corp |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.009HA |
| Length | 30.48M |
| Overall length | 30.48M |
| Overall width | 3.05M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044707 |
KEMP, J.F., AND ALLING, H.L., 1925, GEOLOGY OF THE AUSABLE QUADRANGLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 261, P. 101 MAP
NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORE; WITH A REPORT ON THE MINEVILLE-PORTHENRY MINE GROUP, BY J.F., KEMP: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P. 90,105
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | THREE OR MORE MINERALIZED ZONES |
| Deposit | Discovery Year: 1830'S |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-JUN-1986 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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