| Deposit ID | 10223695 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W044719 |
| MAS/MILS ID | 0360190024 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Palmer Hill Group of Mines |
| Related records | 10089977 |
| Point of reference | Main Entrance |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -73.67063, 44.46577 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 286 |
| Location accuracy | 10(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Clinton(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Au Sable Forks(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | Clinton |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Fluorite | Unknown |
| Magnetite | Unknown |
| Martite | Unknown |
| Main Entrance (1) | -73.67063, 44.46577 |
|---|
| Thickness | 3M | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Medium |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1825 |
| Year of first production | 1825 |
| District name | Ausable District |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Minerals Only |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Republic Steel Corp. |
| Home office | Ohio |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0360190024 | |
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044719 | MAS references MRDS |
POSTEL, A. WILLIAMS, GEOLOGY OF CLINTON COUNTY MAGNITITE DIS
NEW YORK, U.S.G.S. PROFESSIONAL PAPER 237, 1952, PP. 52-55
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | METALLIC IRON CONTENT OF ORE ZONES RANGES FROM SUBORE TO MORE THAN 40 PERCENT. OVER 1,000,000 TONS OF ORE WERE MINED FROM THIS |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 27-FEB-84 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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