An iron mine located North of Antwerp. Reopened 1904 and closed 1910. Ore is soft, earthy hematite hosted in Precambrian quartz-chlorite schist. Produced an estimated 750,000 tons plus of ore. Workings feature an open pit (500 feet by 200 feet by 115 feet deep) plus underground workings to 200 feet deep. First identified occurrence of millerite in the US.
Ref.: - Dana, E.S. (1892) System of Mineralogy, 6th. Edition, New York: 397, 1062.
- New York State Museum Bull. 223,224, Newland, David H. (July-August 1919), The Mineral Resources of the State of New York: 126, 129.
- Palache, C., Berman, H. & Frondel, C. (1944), The System of Mineralogy of James Dwight Dana and Edward Salisbury Dana, Yale University 1837-1892, Volume I: Elements, Sulfides, Sulfosalts, Oxides. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. 7th edition, revised and enlarged, 834pp.: 240.
- Robinson, G.W. and Chamberlain, S.C. (1984). "Famous mineral localities: the Sterling Mine, Antwerp, New York." Mineralogical Record: 15(4): 199-216.
- Rocks & Minerals: 59: 223-224.
- Mineralogical Record: 21: 33.
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