Malone Mines

Past Producer in Franklin 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106343
MRDS ID W044816
Record type Site
Current site name Malone Mines

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.36761, 44.83358 (WGS84)
Elevation 283
Location accuracy 2000(meters)
Relative position 4.01 MILES S 75 W OF BM 722 IN MALONE NEW YORK, Within A Radius Of 4000 Ft.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Malone(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Massena(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.36761, 44.83358

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1895

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    EMMONS, E., 1842, GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK, P.T.2, COMPRISING THE SURVEY OF THE SECOND GEOLOGICAL DISTRICT: ALBANY, NEW YORK, W AND A WHITE & J VISSCHER, P. 331

  • 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 408

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P. 43, MAP

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-85 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.