Mine detail: Oven Mountain Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 43.64554, -73.97761

Resource(B)

Primary: Garnet
Secondary: Sulfur-Pyrite
Tertiary: Feldspar
Ore: Feldspar, Garnet, Pyrite
Orebody form: LENS

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Deposit type: Metamorphic
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1897
Last production ended: 1925

Geology

Host type:Gneiss

References

MRDSW033472
DEP10106270
Reference{Deposit:: MILLER, W.J., 1914, THE GARNET DEPOSITS OF WARREN COUNTY, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 164, P. 95}{Deposit:: NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P 79-85}{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 394-395}
ReporterNyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.)