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O'Neil Mine (Nail Mine), Lake Mombasha, Town of Monroe, Orange Co., New York, USA
An iron mine in magnetite ore located about 3 miles SE of Monroe and just North of Lake Mombasha. Closed 1880. Workings featured a pit 50 feet deep by 600 feet long (NE - SW) or up to 1,500 feet long by closing (NYS Museum Bull.).
Mineral List
30 entries listed. 22 valid minerals. 1 erroneous literature entry.
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References
- The Minerals of New York City & Its Environs, New York Mineralogical Club Bull. Vol. 3, No. 1, Manchester, J.G. (1931): 85
- New York State Museum Bull. Nos. 249-250 (Sep-Oct 1921), Magnetic Iron Deposits of SE NY, Clarke, John M.: Index Map, 45 & 109-110
- Geol. Survey of the State of New York, Geology of Orange Co., Roes, Heinrich (1895): 451-452
- Rocks & Min.: 20:468.
- New York State Museum Bull. Nos. 249-250 (Sep-Oct 1921), Magnetic Iron Deposits of SE NY, Clarke, John M.: Index Map, 45 & 109-110
- Geol. Survey of the State of New York, Geology of Orange Co., Roes, Heinrich (1895): 451-452
- Rocks & Min.: 20:468.
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