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Benson Mines

Past Producer in St. Lawrence 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. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090008
MRDS ID W044798
Record type Site
Current site name Benson Mines
Related records 10223868

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.9958, 44.181 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position 1.98 MILES N 47 E OF BM 495 IN STARLAKE NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Newton Falls(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tupper Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York St. Lawrence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.9958, 44.181
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form FISHHOOK
    Length 7315.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1810
Year of first production 1889
Year of last production 1978

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jones And Laughlin Ore Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 93.24HA
    Length 3218.6M
    Overall depth 457.2M
    Overall length 3218.6M
    Overall width 289.67M

Comments on the workings information

  • THERE ARE FOUR PITS, THE WEST END, THE ANTICLINE PIT, THE AMOEBAPIT, AND THE NEWTON FALLS PIT

Comments on development

  • 1889-1906 MAGNETIC IRON CO., 1907-1918 BENSON MINES CO., 1941-1978, JONES AND LAUGHLIN STEEL CO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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. 411

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORES; WITH A REPORT ON THE MINEVILLE-PORTHENRY MINE GROUP, BY J.F. KEMP: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P. 131-136

  • Deposit

    PALMER, D.F., GEOLOGY AND CONDITION OF METAMORPHISM AT BENSON MINES, NEW YORK: DOCTORAL, 1968, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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