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Pine Swamp Mine, Town of Tuxedo, Orange Co., New York, USA
An iron mine in magnetite ore located 5 miles North of the old Greenwood Furnace (no longer on maps) and southeast of Arden in Tuxedo. One of the Greenwood group of mines. Host rock is hornblende gneiss. NOTE: Heinrich Ries (Geol. of orange Co.) makes one reference to the "Spruce Swamp" mine, which may be a mis-nomer for this mine.
Mineral List
| Magnesio-hastingsite | Magnetite | Pyrite | Quartz |
4 entries listed. 4 valid minerals.
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References
Dana 6 (1892): 226.
Clarke, John M. (Sep-Oct 1921), New York State Museum Bulletin Nos. 249-250, Magnetic Iron Deposits of Southeastern New York: 44 & 97.
Clarke, John M. (Sep-Oct 1921), New York State Museum Bulletin Nos. 249-250, Magnetic Iron Deposits of Southeastern New York: 44 & 97.
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