Canopus Mine

Past Producer in Putnam county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mineral rights holdings
Land status
Ownership information
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10297212
MRDS ID	W000119
MAS/MILS ID	0360790024
Record type	Site
Current site name	Canopus Mine
Alternate or previous names	Nelson
Related records	10067379

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-73.89036, 41.38999 (WGS84)
Elevation	192

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Putnam(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

West Point(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Bridgeport(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hartford(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Hudson(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	Putnam

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Iron	Tertiary
Titanium Critical	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-73.89036, 41.38999	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Underground
Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Year of first production	1912

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights	Unknown

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner Canopus Iron Corp. (Formerly)

Home office New York

Year 1976

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	Canopus Iron Corp. (Formerly)
Home office	New York
Year	1976

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0360790024
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W000119	MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

Deposit

NY STATE MUSEUM BULLETINS NOS.249-250, P 114.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	MAGNETITE MAY BE TRACED BY DIP-NEEDLE FOR 3200 FT.ALONG THE WHICH IS N27E. THICKNESS VARIES FROM 4 TO 10 FT.

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.