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Sanford Hill Body

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090024
MRDS ID W044914
Record type Site
Current site name Sanford Hill Body

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.0486, 44.0553 (WGS84)
Elevation 561
Relative position .91 MILES N 29 E OF BM 1728 IN TAHAWAS NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Adams(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tupper Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(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
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Hornblende Gangue
Pyroxene Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.0486, 44.0553
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike N 30 E
    Dip 45 NW
    Length 1828.8M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Trends N 30 E To N 60 E With An Average Dip Of 65 Nw

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Discovery year 1826
Year of first production 1942
Year of last production 1966

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner N. L. Industries Inc
    First year 1986

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 39.427HA
    Length 914.4M
    Overall depth 91.44M
    Overall length 914.4M
    Overall width 457.2M

Comments on development

  • AS OF 1986 ONLY STOCKPILES OF MAGNETITE WERE BEING SHIPED FROM TAHAWUS

Reference information

Comments on the other database information

  • RECORD NUMBER ISM0587 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD; RECORD NUMBER ISM0625 IS A POTENTIAL DUPLICATE OF THIS RECORD

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GROSS, S.O., 1968, TITANIFEROUS ORE OF THE SANFORD LAKE DISTRICT, NEW YORK: IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967, (GRATON-SALES VOLUME), VOL. 1, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY, AND PETROLEUM ENG. P 140-153

  • 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

  • Deposit

    STEPHESON, R.C., 1945, TITANIFEROUS MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE SANFORD AREA, NEW YORK NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 340, P.

Reporter information

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

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