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Ancram Lead Mines

Ancram, New York

42.0208°N 73.5995°W

Mine Overview

The Ancram Lead Mines are near Ancram, New York. Historically the area has been part of the New York Salisbury Iron Mining District. Production output of the Ancram Lead Mines was considered to be small size. The ore mined is composed of chalcopyrite, wulfenite and pyrite. The host rock in this area is slate from the Middle Ordovician epoch 470.00 to 458.40 million years ago. The Hudson Valley of the Appalachian Highlands characterize the geomorphology of the surrounding area.

Site identification and general characteristics. Learn about USGS mines.

  • Lead and Silver Primary Commodity
  • Copper and Zinc Secondary Commodity
  • Molybdenum Secondary Commodity
  • Site Record Type?
  • Mine Development Status?
  • Replacement Vein Mine Type?
  • about 1790 Last Year of Production
  • Small Production Size?
  • Metallic Site Commodity Type?

Mine Names

  1. Name? Status?
  2. Ancram Lead Mines Current

Commodities

Additional textual information about a site or mine.

  1. Commodity Type Importance
  2. Lead Metallic Primary
  3. Silver Metallic Primary
  4. Copper Metallic Secondary
  5. Zinc Metallic Secondary
  6. Molybdenum Metallic Tertiary

Notes

GALENA FOLIATED AND GRANULAR, YELLOW AND BROWN SPHALERITE.

Location Info

  1. Continent Country State County
  2. North America The United States New York Columbia

Mining Districts

Formal or informal mining district names.

  1. District
  2. New York Salisbury Iron Mining District

Geology

VEIN TRENDS S. 70 DEG. W ., N. 70 DEG. E ., NEARLY VERTICAL THOUGH STRATA DIPS 60 DEG.-70 DEG. SE.; HOST ARGILLACEOUS AND CALCAREOUS SLATE; SHAFT, 70 FEET DEEP POOR GALENA ORE BECAUSE OF ASSOCIATED SULFIDES; LIMESTONE BEDS OF LOW CAMBRIAN TO MID-ORDOVICIAN STOCKBRIDGE FORMATION.

Materials

Minerals or other materials present in the mine.

  1. Role? Material?
  2. Ore Chalcocite
  3. Ore Chalcopyrite
  4. Ore Galena
  5. Ore Pyrite
  6. Ore Sphalerite
  7. Ore Wulfenite

Orebody

Characteristics of the ore body.

  • Strike: north 70 degrees east
  • Dip: almost vertical

Rocks

Geological materials at the site.

  1. Class? 1st Order Name? 2nd Order Name? 3rd Order Name? 4th Order Name? Most Specific Name? Begin Time End Time Description?
  2. Host Rock Metamorphic Rock Metasedimentary Rock Slate - Slate Middle Ordovician Middle Ordovician -

Physiography

Physiographic area where the resource is found.

  1. Division Province? Section
  2. Appalachian Highlands Valley And Ridge Province Hudson Valley

Ore Control

Controls on emplacement of ore such as faults or other structural features.

  1. Text?
  2. Parallel To Bedding-Stringers And Bunches Of Sulfides In Vein One To 4 Feet Wide

Reserve-resource

NO FIGURES AVAILABLE BUT PROBABLY ONLY SMALL AMOUNTS OF HIGH-GRADE ORE AVAILABLE.

Nearby Deposits

Other deposits in the same region.

  1. Ancram Lead Mines

    • Lead commodity Site type Mine status
    • Columbia, New York
    • Vein
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  2. Unnamed Limonite Mine

    • Iron commodity Site type Mine status
    • Columbia, New York
    • 0.73 miles
    Read More

  3. Reynolds Limonite Mine

    • Iron commodity Site type Mine status
    • Columbia, New York
    • 2.32 miles
    Read More

  4. Reynolds Iron Mine

    • Iron commodity Site type Mine status
    • Columbia, New York
    • Residual
    • 2.45 miles
    Read More

  5. Ancram Lead Mines

    • Copper commodity Site type Mine status
    • Columbia, New York
    • Underground
    • 2.66 miles
    Read More

  6. Morgan Limonite Mine

    • Iron commodity Site type Mine status
    • Dutchess, New York
    • 3.11 miles
    Read More

  7. Morgan Limonite Mine

    • Iron commodity Site type Mine status
    • Dutchess, New York
    • 3.11 miles
    Read More

  8. David Parsons Bog Manganese Occurrence

    • Manganese commodity Site type Mine status
    • Columbia, New York
    • 3.35 miles
    Read More

  9. Fox Hill Bog Manganese Occurrence

    • Manganese commodity Site type Prospect status
    • Columbia, New York
    • 3.35 miles
    Read More

  10. Dakin Limonite Mine

    • Iron commodity Site type Mine status
    • Dutchess, New York
    • 4.71 miles
    Read More

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Footnotes

* Mine bounds on map indicate the general area that a mine occupies. For an detailed map, refer to the overseeing BLM field office.

** The mine central point is based on an average of the mine's bounding box(es) and does not necessarily fall on the claim itself.

1 World-class significance is determined by total endowment of the contained commodity. This includes all past production and remaining reserves. Each commodity is considered separately and commodities cannot be combined to arrive at a significant size. The tonnage thresholds are from the mine model grade-tonnage studies. As of June 2008, many entries were classified as significant under less strict rules.

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