Clove Mine

Past Producer in Orange county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175007
MAS/MILS ID 0360710029
Record type Site
Current site name Clove Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.20067, 41.31309 (WGS84)
Elevation 212

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Monroe(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Middletown(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Scranton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Hackensack-Passaic(hydrologic unit)

Lower Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Lower Hudson-Long Island(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Orange

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.20067, 41.31309

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Monroe District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. May M. Apgar
    Home office New York
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • IMPURE, LOW-GRADE MAGNETITE ORE WAS MINED HERE

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NY STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN NO.S 249-250, 1923, PP 107- 109.

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 91.886, 1944, 4 P.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-1983 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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