Washington Mine

Prospect in Orange county in New York, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10126858
MAS/MILS ID 0360710023
Record type Site
Current site name Washington Mine
Alternate or previous names Wallkill Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.56268, 41.46999 (WGS84)
Elevation 299

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Otisville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Delaware-Mongaup-Brodhead(hydrologic unit)

Upper Delaware(hydrologic accounting unit)

Delaware-Mid Atlantic Coastal(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Orange

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.56268, 41.46999

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    GRAY, CARLYLE, 1953, "THE LEAD-ZINC ORES OF SHAWANGUNK MOUNT

  • Deposit

    TRICT" PH.D. DISSERTATION, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, N.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DATE OF COMMENTS: JUNE, 1976. REC. 030 LATITUDE-LONGITUDE ARE APPROX. LOCATION DESCRIBED IN BACK-UP FILES (GRAY, 1953, "THE LEAD-ZINC ORES OF THE SHAWANGUNK TAIN DISTRICT", PHD. THESIS, COLUMBIA UNIV., NEW YORK, N.Y.,

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Dunn, George U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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