| Deposit ID | 10127268 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0360710032 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Forest of Dean Group of Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Tower Mine, Wetherby Mine,, Rattlesnake Mine, Forest of Dean |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.01457, 41.33439 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 161 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Orange(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Popolopen Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Hudson-Wappinger(hydrologic unit)
Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)
Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
West Point Military Reservation(Military Reservation)
Military Reservation ARMY(Type of land area)
ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | Orange |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | -74.01457, 41.33439 |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1756 |
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Ownership category | Federal |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Fort Montgomery Iron Corp. (Most Recent) |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0360710032 |
NY STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN NO.S 249-250, PP 99- 106.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | NOTE- REC.030- NO ACCURATE LOCATION DATA IS AVAILABLE. PRODUCTION IS ESTIMATED TO BE IN EXCESS OF 2,000,000 TONS OF MAGNETITE ORE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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