Mine detail: Tunnel Mountain Deposit

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Location: Essex County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.1783, -73.54897
dep_id: 10082252
mrds_id: W044965
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: LENTICULAR
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1875
yr_lst_prd: 1885
References:
  • Deposit:: HARTNAGEL, C.A, AND BROUGHTON, J.G, 1951, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK STATE, 1937 TO 1948: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 343, P. 117
  • Deposit:: KEMP, J.F., 1898, THE GEOLOGY OF THE MAGNETITES NEAR PORTHENRY, N.Y. AND ESPECIALLY THOSE OF MINEVILLE: AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING AND ENGINEERING TRANSACTION, VOL. 27, P. 148
  • 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 407
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