Mine detail: Palmer Hill Mine

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Location: Clinton County, New York, United States, North America
Lat / long: 44.46469, -73.67509
dep_id: 10089977
mrds_id: W044719
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Iron
Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Replacement
Production size: Medium ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
gangue: Garnet, Pyroxene
orebody_fm: LENSE
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Ore Shoots Plunge 25 N
Reporter: Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)
hrock_type: Gneiss
arock_type: Gneiss
Structure: Faults Strikes N E And Dips 60
Year first produced: 1833
yr_lst_prd: 1890
disc_yr: 1820
discr: Zephaniah Palmer
References:
  • Deposit:: HAGNER, A.F., AND COLLINS, L.G., 1967, MAGNETITE ORE FORMED DURING REGIONAL METAMORPHISM, AUSABLE MAGNETITE DISTRICT, NEW YORK: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, VOL 62, NO. 8, P. 1046-1056
  • 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 405
  • Deposit:: NEWLAND, D.H., 1908, GEOLOGY OF THE ADIRONDACK MAGNETIC IRON ORES: WITH A REPORT ON THE MINEVILLE-PORTHENRY MINE GROUP, BY J.F. KEMP: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 119, P. 100-102
  • Deposit:: POSTEL, A.W., 1952, GEOLOGY OF CLINTON COUNTY MAGNETITE DISTRICT, NEW YORK: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 237, P. 53-55, PLATE 1, 2
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