Broughton and Ring Deposits

Prospect in Essex 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. Mineral rights holdings
  9. Land status
  10. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10272667
MRDS ID W044987
MAS/MILS ID 0360310041
Record type Site
Current site name Broughton and Ring Deposits
Related records 10082274

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -73.58093, 44.04607 (WGS84)
Elevation 408

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Witherbee(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -73.58093, 44.04607

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • AMPHIBOLITE ROCK WITH 10 % IRON IS THE CAUSE OF MAGNETIC ANO DRILLING DISCLOSED NO ORE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Broughton Estate
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Fred J. Ring
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM RI 4404, 1949, 4 P.

  • Deposit

    WAR MINERALS MEMORANDUM 91.723, 1944

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.