Russia Station Mine

Past Producer in Clinton county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089975
MRDS ID W044712
Record type Site
Current site name Russia Station Mine
Alternate or previous names Phillips Ore Body

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.7812, 44.67386 (WGS84)
Elevation 469
Relative position 2.73 MILES N 17 W OF BM 787 IN MOFFITSVILLE NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clinton(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Moffitsville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(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 Clinton

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) -73.7812, 44.67386

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Generally Strikes North

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N-S
    Dip 35 EAST
    Thickness 6.71M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1855
Discoverer Peter Tremblay
Year of first production 1852
Year of last production 1872

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Mr Jerry Phillips
  • Type Owner
    Owner Republic Steel Corp

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • OLD SHAFT NOW FLOODED

Comments on development

  • REPUBLIC STEEL CORP IN 1948 DIRECTED A DIAMOND DRILL EXPLORATION PROGRAM. THE USBM TOOK 26 CHANNEL SAMPLES

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1850'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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