Mine detail: Duane Mines

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Location: Franklin County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.65747, -74.26399
dep_id: 10082167
mrds_id: W044823
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Magnetite
orebody_fm: LENSE
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1828
yr_lst_prd: 1849
References:
  • Deposit:: EMMONS, E., 1842, GEOLOGY OF NEW YORK, PT. 2, COMPRISING THE SECOND GEOLOGICAL DISTRICT: ALBANY, NEW YORK, W. AND A. WHITE, P. 327-330
  • Deposit:: LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 408
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