| Deposit ID | 10106336 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W044739 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Jackson Mine |
| Geographic coordinates: | -73.48646, 44.48553 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 293 |
| Relative position | 3.09 MILES N 16 E OF BM 544 IN AUSABLE FORKS NEW YORK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Essex(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Port Douglass(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | Clinton |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Pyroxene | Gangue |
| Result | 44.60% FE (USBM |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -73.48646, 44.48553 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Local |
|---|---|
| Structure description | Foliation Parallel To Deposit |
| General form | LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20 E |
| Dip | VERTICAL |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1835 |
| Year of last production | 1865 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Republic Steel Corp |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.105HA |
| Length | 304.8M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Overall length | 304.8M |
| Overall width | 3.66M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044739 |
KEMP, J.F., AND ALLING, H.L., 1925, GEOLOGY OF THE AUSABLE QUADRANGLE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 261, P. 103, MAP
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. 405
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | ORE IS FOUND IN THREE PARALLEL ZONES, ONE NORTH AND TWO SOUTH OF THE ROAD. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-OCT-1985 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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