Latitude: 41°12'25"N
Longitude: 74°15'35"W
Ref.: The Geology of Orange Co., Geol. Survey of NY, Reis, Heinrich (1895): 448. NY State Museum Bull. Nos. 249-250, Magnetic Iron Deposits of SE NY, Clarke, John M. (Sep-Oct 1921): Index Map, 42, 75-80; Rocks & Min.: 11:69. An iron mine in magnetite ore located on the shore of, and under Sterling Lake. One of the Sterling group of mines. Ore body is a 500 foot long outcrop, 5 to 12 feet (1.5 to 4 meters) thick hosted in Pochuck granite. Workings feature a slope 3,800 feet on incline (12º to 25º). mine levels are up to 1,000 feet across.
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