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Old Retsof Shaft

Producer in Livingston county in New York, United States with commodities Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Potassium
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10107340
MRDS ID W020564
Record type Site
Current site name Old Retsof Shaft
Related records 10224238

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -77.88135, 42.83805 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Estimated Location, Mine Underlies 18 Sq Miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Livingston(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Leicester(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Canandaigua(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Elmira(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Genesee(hydrologic unit)

Southwestern Lake Ontario(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwestern Lake Ontario(hydrologic subregion)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Livingston

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Halite Primary
Gypsum-Anhydrite Tertiary
Potassium Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Halite Ore
Anhydrite Gangue
Gypsum Gangue

Analytical data

Result THE CRUDE ROCK SALT IS 96-98% NACL. IN PLACES, THE SALT CONTAINS SMALL AMOUNTS OF POTASH SALTS AND CARBONACEOUS MATTER.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale
    Rock unit name Syracuse Formation
    Rock description Syracuse Formation
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Silurian
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Chemical Sediment > Evaporite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -77.88135, 42.83805
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Salina Basin

Ore body information

  • Thickness 5.49M
    Depth to top 324M

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE SYRACUSE FM IS PART OF THE THE SEDIMENTS OF THE SALINA BASIN.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1884

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Akzo

Comments on the workings information

  • ROOM AND PILLAR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BATES, R.L., 1960 (1969), GEOLOGY OF THE INDUSTRIAL ROCKS AND MINERALS: NEW YORK, DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC., 459 P.

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, SALT, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 229-234.

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, PETER, 1986, NEW YORK'S INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 225, P. 50-63.

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS ORIGINAL SHAFT OF RETSOF MINE (SEE MRDS RECORD DE02781).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-75 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 01-JUL-94 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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