Lavake Mine

Past Producer in Clinton 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10199071
MAS/MILS ID 0360190019
Record type Site
Current site name Lavake Mine
Alternate or previous names Dills and Lavake Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.66953, 44.50717 (WGS84)
Elevation 396

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clinton(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Peasleeville(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(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 Clinton

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.66953, 44.50717

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Ausable District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Republic Steel Corp.
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE ZONE AT THE LAVAKE MINE AVERAGES 12 FEET THICK AND I FEET LONG. ORE IS SAID TO BE LOW GRADE

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.