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Adirondack Park

Occurrence in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Aluminum, Calcium, Iron, Silica, Sodium, Water, Free
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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. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10200140
MAS/MILS ID 0360310001
Record type Site
Current site name Adirondack Park

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.86234, 44.11437 (WGS84)
Elevation 1200
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Dix Mountain(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

Comments on the location information

  • DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THESE ADDITIONAL COUNTIES-CLINTON-FRANKLIN -HAMILTON. DEPOSIT ALSO OCCURS IN THESE DRAINAGE BASINS-0320-0216-0221. DEPOSIT IS WITHIN BLUE LINE OF "FOREVER WILDERNESS" AREA PER N.Y. STATE CONSTITUTION SINCE 1894. THE DEPOSIT OCCURS IN THE FOLLOWING 7.5 AND 15 MINUTE QUAD- RANGLES-WALLSBORO-AU SABLE FORKS-LAKE PLACID-SARANAC LAKE- SAINT REGIS-AUGERHOLE FALLS-MT MATUMBLA-LONG LAKE-SANTANONI- MOUNT MARCY-ELIZABETHTOWN-PARADOX LAKE-SCHROON LAKE-NEWCOMB. CURRENT STATUS MINERAL LOCATION: DEPOSIT IS CURRENTLY BEING MINED FOR DIMENSION STONE AND, ALSO, HALF OF THE DEPOSIT IS IN A STATE PARK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Aluminum Critical Primary
Calcium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
Silica Tertiary
Sodium Tertiary
Water, Free Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Unknown
Augite Unknown
Biotite Unknown
Garnet Unknown
Hypersthene Unknown
Ilmenite Unknown
Labradorite Unknown
Magnetite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.86234, 44.11437
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N45E
    Dip 45W
    Thickness 51M
    Length 85000M
    Width 60000M
    Area 32940HA
    Depth to top 10M
    Field Value
    Type of Orebody #1 OTHER
    Shape of Orebody #1 IRREGULAR
    Primary mode of Origin MAGMATIC DIFFER
    Primary Ore Control IGNEOUS
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. NONE
    Strike And Dip N45E:45W
    Avg. Thick. Unconsol. Mat. 10
    Total Surface Area (HA) 32940
    Date of Last Modification 800613

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1826
Mining method Bench (Berm)
Milling method Hydrometallurgy Unspecified

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Other

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New York
    Interest 60
    Home office New York
    Year 1975

Comments on the production information

  • MARCY TYPE ANORTHOSITE IS CURRENTLY BEING MINED FOR ILLMENITE AND MAGNETITE ON PRIVATE LAND WITHIN PARK LIMITS BUT LARGE-SCALE MINING SUCH AS ANORTHOSITE FOR ALUMINA, IS ESSENTIALLY PROHIBITED BY THE STATE CONSTITUTION. ONLY UNDER DIRE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WOULD A MINING VENTURE OR A LARGE- SCALE MINING POSSIBLY BE PERMITTED. SEE REFERENCE NO. 714 & 715 P. 8. DEPOSIT HAS NEVER PRODUCED ALUMINUM.
  • AS REFERRED TO IN I.C. 8648 PAGE 24. THE PERCENT RECOVERY WAS CALCULATED FROM THE MATERIAL BALANCE GIVEN ON PAGES 23 & 29 R.I. 7068.

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • MATRIX RECORD 1/GRADE & TONS ARE ADJUSTED FOR MOISTURE CONTENT. ANORTHOSITE (ORE) COMPOSED OF SODA-LIME FELDSPARS(SILICATES) WITH 26-35 PERCENT AL2O3, 46-59 PERCENT SIO2, 1-7 PERCENT NA2O, AND 8-18 PERCENT CAO. RESERVES BASED ON MINING DEPTH OF 61 METERS. RESERVES BASED CONTRACT WORK WITH GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECH. M9C5=M1C2

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 69HA
    Field Value
    MAS Development Schedule # 1
    Mining Record # 1
    Status of Mining Method PROPOSED
    Mining Method BENCH (BERM)
    Swell Factor .59
    Percent Waste Rock 12.1
    Avg. Overburden Thickness 10
    Primary Material Cover SAND, GRAVEL
    Percentage 100
    Hardness of Ore HARD ROCKS
    Avg. Bench Height (meters) 10
    Max. Pit Slope (degrees) 60
    Capacity 19152
    Capacity Units MT ORE/DAY
    Preprod. Stripping Vol. 125
    Unit Production Cost .61
    Units of Production $/MT ORE
    Operating Days per Year 250
    Operating Shifts per Day 2
    Year of Information 1976

Comments on the workings information

  • 69 HECTARES IS THE APPROX. AREA DISTURBED OVER THE 20 YEAR LIFE OF THE PROPOSED MINE AND NOT THE TOTAL DEPOSIT SURFACE AREA. MAXIMUM SURFACE AREA DISTURBED IS 329400. FIVE CHARACTER FIELD LIMITS THE ADDITION OF ANOTHER ZERO.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    STAFF U.S.B.M. I.C. 8335 1967

  • Deposit

    BUDDINGTON A.F. 1939 ADIRONDACK IGNEOUS ROCKS AND THEIR META

  • Deposit

    M GEOL. SOC. AMER. MEMOIR 7 354 P.

  • Deposit

    GROSS S.O.1968 TITANIFEROUS ORES OF THE LAKE SANFORD DISTRIC

  • Deposit

    ORK ORE DEP.OF U.S. 1933-1967 GRATON SALS CH. 8 V.1 P 140-15

  • Deposit

    TEMP. STUDY COMM. ON FUT. ADIRON.1970 FUTURE OF ADIRON. PARK

  • Deposit

    ADIRONDACK PARK AGEN. 1972 ADIRON. PARK ST. LAND MASTER PLAN

  • Deposit

    PERSONS/ GROSS O.S. NL INDUST. TAHAWUS N.Y.

  • Deposit

    PERSONS/ FAKUNDINY DR. ROBT. N.Y.ST. GEOL. SUR. ALBANY N.Y.

  • Deposit

    PERSONS/ DRAGONETTI JOHN BUR. MIN. RESOURES ST. N.Y. ALBANY

  • Deposit

    MAPS/ ISACHSEN Y.W. & FISHER D.W.1970 GEOL. MAP OF N.Y. ADIR

  • Deposit

    ET MAP & CHART SER. 15 N.Y. ST. MUSEUM & SCIENCE SURV.

  • Deposit

    ADIRONDACK PARK AGENCY, 1972, ADIRONDACK PARK STATE LAND MAS

  • Deposit

    PLAN, MAP: "BLUE LINE" AND AFFECTED AREAS.

  • Deposit

    HUSTED, JOHN E. POTENTIAL RESERVES OF NON-BAUXITIC SOURCES O

  • Deposit

    ALUMINUM. THE METALLURGICAL SOCIETY OF AIME PAPER NO. A 74-6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AREA IS ABOUT 330000 HECTARES.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 23-FEB-95 Pk-Rrp U.S. Bureau of Mines

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