Middle and Hard Mines

Prospect in Orange 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272314
MAS/MILS ID 0360710035
Record type Site
Current site name Middle and Hard Mines
Alternate or previous names Middle, Hard

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.24317, 41.1969 (WGS84)
Elevation 287

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Orange(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sloatsburg(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)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Orange

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.24317, 41.1969

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Sterling Lake

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE LOCATION GIVEN ON REC.030 IS FOR MIDDLE MINE. HARD MINE ABOUT 190 METERS EAST-NORTH-EAST. REF.700 TERMS THESE TRACTS MORE THAN PROSPECTS. THE ORE IN QUESTION IS MAGNETITE.

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.