Mine detail: Mount Defiance Mine

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Location: Essex County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 43.82497, -73.40731
dep_id: 10089814
mrds_id: W033546
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Iron
orebody_fm: LODE
work_type: Surface
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Gneiss
Year first produced: 1888
yr_lst_prd: 1905
References:
  • Deposit:: NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORE: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P. 42, 43
  • Deposit:: SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P. 25, MAP.
  • 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 404, 407
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