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Mineville Mines

Past Producer in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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. Production statistics
  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 10151463
MAS/MILS ID 0360310042
Record type Site
Current site name Mineville Mines
Alternate or previous names Adirondack Ore Mines, Harmony Bed, Old Bed, New Bed, Upper Works Ore Body, Miller Pit, 21-Joker Bonanza

Comments on the site names

  • OTHER NAMES: HARMONY, NEW BED, OLD BED.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.46013, 44.06027 (WGS84)
Elevation 335
Location accuracy 100(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
Iron Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Augite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Feldspar Unknown
Fluorite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Hematite Unknown
Hornblende Unknown
Hypersthene Unknown
Magnetite Unknown
Muscovite Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Quartz Unknown
Sphene Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.46013, 44.06027
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45W
    Dip 30S
    Thickness 9M
    Length 2743M
    Width 1302M
    Area 607HA
    Depth to top 732M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 SEDIMENTARY
    Shape of Orebody #1 TABULAR
    Shape of Orebody #2 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin SEDIMENTATION
    Secondary mode of Origin METAMORPHISM
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Secondary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. SLIGHT
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N45W:30S
    Minimum Depth to Top 24
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 24
    Min. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 12
    Total Surface Area (HA) 607
    Date of Last Modification 810622

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Significant Yes
Discovery year 1810
Mining method Open Stope - Room and Pillar
Year of first production 1824
Milling method Magnetic

Mining district

District name Mineville

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Rhone-Poulenc Inc.
    ID 3001098
    Interest 100
    Home office New Jersey
    Year 1993

Production statistics

  • Year 1962
    Description Crude Ore 592658 Mt Of Ore Per Year
  • Year 1963
    Description Crude Ore 782420 Mt Of Ore Per Year
  • Year 1964
    Description Crude Ore 912010 Mt Of Ore Per Year
  • Year 1965
    Description Crude Ore 936799 Mt Of Ore Per Year
  • Year 1966
    Description Crude Ore 909793 Mt Of Ore Per Year
  • Year 1967
    Description Crude Ore 854364 Mt Of Ore Per Year
  • Year 1968
    Description Crude Ore 578427 Mt Of Ore Per Year
  • Year 1969
    Description Crude Ore 779392 Mt Of Ore Per Year
  • Year 1970
    Description Crude Ore 881655 Mt Of Ore Per Year
  • Year 1971
    Description Crude Ore 484002 Mt Of Ore Per Year

Comments on the production information

  • PRECISE MILL RECOVERY IS 75 PERCENT.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX 1 RESERVES REPORTED BY COMPANY APRIL 1981. MATRIX 2 RESERVES GIVEN IN 1976 FEASABILITY STUDY BY DUNN GEOSCIENCE (UNPUBLISHED).

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 744M
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method OPEN STOPE
    Percent Recovery 90
    Hardness of Rock HARDROCK WITH LITTLE WATER
    Rock Characteristics NO PLANES OF WEAKNESS
    Rock Support Chars. SUPPORTING
    Mine Support Chars. POST, HEADBOARD, CAPS, ROOF BOLTS
    Number of Shafts 2
    Capacity 9144
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Unit Production Cost 10.34
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 3
    Year of Information 1981

Comments on the workings information

  • TOTAL LAND HOLDING IS 11736 HECTARES.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. IRON ORE. MATERIALS SURVEY, MAY

  • Reserve-Resource

    1956, P. IV-24.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    RICKARD. GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK, A SHORT ACCOUNT. EDUCA-

  • Deposit

    TIONAL LEAFLET NO. 20. THE UNIVERSITY OF THE

  • Deposit

    STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM AND SCIENCE

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    COOKE, S. R. B. MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE AND CONCENTRATABILITY

  • Deposit

    OF THE IMPORTANT IRON ORES OF THE UNITED STATES.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES BULL. 391, 1936, PP. 71-72.

  • Deposit

    DUTTON, C. E. IRON DEPOSITS OF NORTH AMERICA AND WEST

  • Deposit

    INDIES. U. N. DEPT. OF ECON. AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY OF WORLD IRON ORE RESOURCES. NEW YORK, 1954,

  • Deposit

    PP. 179-208.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    YORK, THE NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM AND SCIENCE SERVICE,

  • Deposit

    ALBANY, NEW YORK, 1970.

  • Deposit

    LEONARD, B. F., AND A. F. BUDDINGTON. ORE DEPOSITS OF THE

  • Deposit

    ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY MAGNETITE DISTRICT, NORTHWEST

  • Deposit

    ADIRONDACKS, NEW YORK. U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROF. PAPER

  • Deposit

    377, 1964, PP. 10-11.

  • 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

  • Deposit

    AT MINEVILLE, ESSEX COUNTY, NEW YORK. U. S. GEOL.

  • Deposit

    SURVEY 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-

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    MINERALS REPORT E-30A, SEPTEMBER 1944, PP. 3-4.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    FEBRUARY 1943, P. 18.

  • Deposit

    U. S. BUREAU OF MINES. WAR MINERALS REPORT 169, APRIL 1943,

  • Deposit

    4 PP.

  • Deposit

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

  • Deposit

    OF NEW YORK. EDUCATIONAL LEAFLET NO. 9. THE

  • Deposit

    UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, THE NEW YORK STATE

  • Deposit

    MUSEUM AND SCIENCE SERVICE, ALBANY, N. Y., 1966, 18 PP.

  • Deposit

    WINDES, S. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MINE ROCK, PART 1.

  • Deposit

    BUMINES RI 4459, MARCH 1949, PP. 22-27.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE PLANT CAPACITY WAS 2286000 MTPY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 09-MAR-95 Kmc / Wilburn, David R. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/28/1979
MSHA mine ID3001098
Mine name (MSHA)Adirondack Mine And Mill
Current operatorRepublic Steel Corp
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

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