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Harmony Mines

Past Producer in Essex 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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Geologic structures
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090031
MRDS ID W044931
Record type Site
Current site name Harmony Mines
Alternate or previous names Shafts A and B

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.53009, 44.08469 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Relative position .76 MILES S 66 W OF BM 1200 IN MINEVILLE 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

Witherbee(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) Glacial and Alluvial Deposits
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Three Dikes Faulted With 10 To 50 Ft Displacement

Ore body information

  • General form LENTICULAR
    Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Thickness 6.1M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1902
Year of last production 1971

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Republic Steel Corp
    First year 1971

Comments on the workings information

  • CONSISTED OF TWO SHAFTS "A" AND "B"

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRANBERRY, J.H., 1906, MAGNETITE DEPOSITS AND MINING AT MINEVILLE, N.Y.: ENGINEERING AND MINING JOURNAL, VOL. 81, PART III, P. 1035, 1036

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORES; WITH A REPORT ON THE MINEVILLE PORT-HENRY MINE GROUP; BY J.F. KEMP: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P. 82-84

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1986 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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