| Deposit ID | 10224029 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 0360710043 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Sterling and Lake Mines |
| Alternate or previous names | Sterling, Lake |
| Point of reference | Ore Body |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -74.26267, 41.1978 (WGS84) |
| Elevation | 241 |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Orange(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Greenwood Lake(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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | Orange |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Iron | Tertiary |
| Ore Body (1) | Wappinger Group |
|---|
| Operation type | Underground |
|---|---|
| Development status | Past Producer |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1778 |
| District name | Sterling Lake |
|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Fee Ownership |
|---|---|
| Type of mineral rights | Unknown |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sterling Iron And Railway Co. |
| Home office | New York |
| Year | 1976 |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0360710043 |
USGS BULLETIN 982-F, 1952, PP 224-226
WAR MINERALS REPORT 91.635, 1944, 20 P.
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 25-NOV-1983 | Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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