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Mineville Dumps

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodity REE
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. General comments
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10151196
MAS/MILS ID 0360310134
Record type Site
Current site name Mineville Dumps

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.48983, 44.06667 (WGS84)
Elevation 220
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Henry(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Martite Unknown
Quartz Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.48983, 44.06667
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Area 23HA
    Depth to top 0M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Primary mode of Origin OTHER
    Primary Ore Control OTHER
    Minimum Depth to Top 0
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 0
    Total Surface Area (HA) 23
    Date of Last Modification 830729

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes
Mining method Open Pit
Milling method Unspecified

Mining district

District name Mineville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Rhone-Poulenc
    Interest 100
    Home office France
    Year 1991

Comments on the ownership information

  • REPUBLIC STEEL CORP. SOLD MINING PROPERTY TO RHONE-POULENC INC. IN 1986 FOR AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT. UNAVAILABLE. RHONE-POULENC INC. ADDRESS IS P O BOX 125, MONMOUTH JUNCTION, NEW JERSEY, 08852

Comments on the production information

  • THE DUMPS ARE A RESULT OF PREVIOUS IRON MINING OPERATIONS AND THEREFORE WERE CREATED, NOT DISCOVERED. NO EXPLORATION.

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1980
    Total resources 9072000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    REE REE 1.0399 wt-pct REE Major 1980
    Thorium ThO2 0.0136 wt-pct Thorium 1980
    Uranium U3O8 0.0029 wt-pct Uranium 1980

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • ORE IS ACTUALLY TAILINGS FROM IRON OPERATIONS LOCATED IN 3 TAILINGS PILES.
  • THIS IS DUMP MATERIAL FROM A FORMER IRON-MINE OPERATION. THE REO OCCURS IN APATITE. REF: PFER, AUG 1983. RHONE-P0ULENC INC. PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY FROM REPUBLIC STEEL IN IN 1986 TO POSSESS A SOURCE OF YTTRIUM IN THE MILL TAILINGS. WORKED AS IRON-ORE MINE, 1824-1971 5100= REO

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 30HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method STRIP-LEVEL
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 0
    Hardness of Ore SAND, SILT
    Capacity 7300
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 0
    Unit Production Cost 2.03
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1983

Comments on the workings information

  • ENVIRONMENTAL SENSIVITY COULD BE BETTER OR WORSE DEPENDING ON MILL PROCESS AND TAILINGS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    CIRC. 824, 1980, P. 29.

  • Deposit

    ALTSCHULER, Z.S., S. BERMAN, AND F. CUTTITTA. RARE EARTHS

  • Deposit

    IN PHOSPHORITES - GEOCHEMISTRY AND POTENTIAL RECOVERY.

  • Deposit

    U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER 575-B, 1967, PP. B1-B9.

  • Deposit

    BRIL, K.J. MASS EXTRACTION AND SEPARATION. CHAPTER IN:

  • Deposit

    PROGRESS IN THE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF THE RARE

  • Deposit

    EARTHS, V. 1, ED. BY LEROY EYRING. THE MACMILLAN

  • Deposit

    COMPANY, NEW YORK, 1964, PP. 45-46.

  • Deposit

    BROUGHTON, J.G., D.W. FISHER, Y.W. ISACHSEN, AND L.V.

  • Deposit

    RICKARD. GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK, A SHORT ACCOUNT.

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    EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 20. THE UNIVERSITY OF THE

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEW YORK, THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM AND

  • Deposit

    SCIENCE SERVICE, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 1966, P. 11.

  • Deposit

    EISELE, J.A., D.J. BAUER, AND L.E. SCHULTZE. DILUTE ACID

  • Deposit

    LEACHING OF YTTRIUM FROM APATITE MATERIAL. SOCIETY

  • Deposit

    OF MINING ENGINEERS, AIME TRANSACTIONS, V. 260,

  • Deposit

    DECEMBER 1976, PP. 366-368.

  • Deposit

    ISACHSEN, Y.W., AND D.W. FISHER. GEOLOGIC MAP OF NEW YORK.

  • Deposit

    MAP SERIES NO. 15, THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW

  • Deposit

    YORK, THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM AND SCIENCE SERVICE,

  • Deposit

    ALBANY, NEW YORK, 1970.

  • Deposit

    KINGSTON, G.A., F.V. CARRILLO, J.J. GRAY, P. MCILROY AVAIL-

  • Deposit

    ABILITY OF U.S. PRIMARY NICKEL RESOURCES. BUMINES IC

  • Deposit

    8469, 1970, PP. 41, 44-45.

  • Deposit

    LINNEY, R.J. REPUBLIC STEEL'S OPERATIONS AT PORT HENRY,

  • Deposit

    MINEVILLE, AND FISHER HILL. MINING AND METALLURGY,

  • Deposit

    NOVEMBER 1943, 14 PP.

  • Deposit

    MCKEOWN, F.A., AND H. KLEMIC. RARE-EARTH-BEARING APATITE AT

  • Deposit

    MINEVILLE, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW YORK. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    BULL. 1046-B, 1956, PP. 9-16.

  • Deposit

    NASON, F.L. THE SEDIMENTARY PHASES OF THE ADIRONDACK

  • Deposit

    MAGNETIC IRON ORES. ECON. GEOL., V. 17, NO. 8,

  • Deposit

    DECEMBER 1922, 21 PP.

  • Deposit

    OBERT, L. FINAL REPORT - PROJECT 926 MICROSEISMIC CONTROL

  • Deposit

    IN PILLAR REMOVAL OPERATIONS, REPUBLIC STEEL CORPORA-

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    TION, PORT HENRY DIVISION, PORT HENRY, NEW YORK. WAR

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    MINERALS REPORT FILE NO. E-30A, SEPTEMBER 1944,

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    PP. 3-4.

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    OTTE, H.F. THE EXPANDING MINERAL INDUSTRY OF THE ADIRON-

  • Deposit

    DACKS. DEPT. OF COMMERCE. PUB. NO. 10, ALBANY,

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    NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 1943, P. 18.

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    STAATZ, M.H., R.B. HALL, D.L. MACKE, T.J. ARMBRUSTMACHER,

  • Deposit

    AND I.K. BROWNFIELD. THORIUM RESOURCES OF SELECTED

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    REGIONS IN THE UNITED STATES. U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

  • Deposit

    CIRC. 824, 1980, PP. 28-32.

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES. REPUBLIC STEEL CO., PORT HENRY, NEW

  • Deposit

    YORK. WAR MINERALS REPORT 169, APRIL 1943, 4 PP.

  • Deposit

    WEINMAN, P.L. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INVERTEBRATE FOSSILS OF

  • Deposit

    NEW YORK. EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 9. THE UNIVERSITY

  • Deposit

    OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM AND

  • Deposit

    SCIENCE SERVICE, ALBANY, NEW YORK, 1966, 18 PP.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DEVELOPED DEPOSIT - MINEVILLE DUMPS IS ACTUALLY 3 TAILINGS PILES FROM PREVIOUS IRON MINING OPERATIONS. TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS ESTIMATED TO BE 23 HECTARES. NO ORE BODY PER SE, JUST 3 TAILINGS PILES. NAMES AND APPROXIMATE DIMENSIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. LOWER OLD BED TAILINGS - COVERS 10.9 HECTARES AND IS 34 M THICK. 2. NO. 5 MILL TAILINGS - COVERS 1.3 HECTARES AND IS 4 M THICK. 3. NO. 7 MILL TAILINGS - COVERS 17.3 HECTARES AND IS 85 M THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-MAR-95 Kc / Jh U.S. Bureau of Mines

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