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Behring Mine (Bering Mine), Sloatsburg, Ramapo Township, Rockland Co., New York, USA

Latitude: 41°10'N
Longitude: 74°12'W
An iron mine in magnetite ore located about ¾ mile NW of Sloatsburg. Ore body was tabular, irregular lens-like masses to a maximum of 15 feet thick. Workings were open cuts.

References

- The Geology of Orange Co., Geol. Survey of NY, Reis, Heinrich (1895): 471
- NY State Museum Bull. Nos. 249-250, Magnetic Iron Deposits of SE NY, Clarke, John M. (Sep-Oct 1921): 44, 88-90.

Mineral List

Biotite
'Chlorite Group'
Epidote
Magnetite
Spinel
Talc


6 entries listed. 4 valid minerals.

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