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Paradox 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. 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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106278
MRDS ID W033547
Record type Site
Current site name Paradox Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.66982, 43.86247 (WGS84)
Elevation 366
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.3 MILES S 58 W OF BM 834 IN PARADOX 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

Pharaoh Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ticonderoga(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Glens Falls(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

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
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.66982, 43.86247
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Economic information

Ore body information

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Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1835
Year of last production 1880

Land status

Ownership category State Park

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. 25, MAP

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITEDSTATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P 404, 407

  • Deposit

    SHAUB,B.M.,MAGNETIC ANOMALIES OF PARADOX LAKE QUADRANGLE,13PP.,2TABS,1FIG.,1PL.,1954

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1984 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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