Podunk Mine

Past Producer in Washington 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. 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 10106274
MRDS ID W033505
Record type Site
Current site name Podunk Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.56121, 43.45915 (WGS84)
Elevation 250
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3.5 MILES N3W OF BM 366 JUST EAST OF WEST FORT ANN NEW YORK, Within A Radius Of 700 Ft

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Washington(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Putnam Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Iron Ore

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.56121, 43.45915

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LODE
    Strike NW-SE
    Dip 30 NE
    Length 91.44M
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1869
Year of last production 1872

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Joseph Potter

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.021HA
    Overall depth 91.44M
    Overall length 91.44M
    Overall width 2.44M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P. 24, MAP

  • Deposit

    PUTNAM, B.T., 1886, NOTES ON SAMPLES OF IRON ORE COLLECTED IN NEW YORK IN REPORT ON MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, BY R. PUMPELLY : CENCUS OFFICE, 10TH U.S. CENCUS, 1880, V. 15 P. 105, 106

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORES: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P. 37, 38

  • 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 404, 411

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-84 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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