Clayburg Mines

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 10199126
MRDS ID W044691
MAS/MILS ID 0360190010
Record type Site
Current site name Clayburg Mines
Related records 10106331

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.83814, 44.58967 (WGS84)
Elevation 344

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clinton(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redford(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) -73.83814, 44.58967

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1844

Mining district

District name Redford-Claybrg

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Chateaugay Ore And Iron Co. (Formerly)
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Republic Steel Corp.
    Home office Ohio
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE ORE WAS MAGNETITE. THE LOCATION GIVEN ON REC.030 IS FOR PIT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SARANAC RIVER. AN ADIT ON THE WE WAS ALSO WORKED, BUT IS NOW FLOODED.

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.