Ancram Lead Mines (Ancram Mine: Livingston's Mine), Boston Corners, Ancram Township, Columbia County, New York, USAi
Regional Level Types | |
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Ancram Lead Mines (Ancram Mine: Livingston's Mine) | Group of Mines |
Boston Corners | - not defined - |
Ancram Township | Township |
Columbia County | County |
New York | State |
USA | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
42° 1' North , 73° 34' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
Type:
Group of Mines
Köppen climate type:
Nearest Settlements:
Place | Population | Distance |
---|---|---|
Millerton | 940 (2017) | 8.4km |
Pine Plains | 1,353 (2017) | 8.4km |
Lakeville | 928 (2017) | 12.0km |
Copake Lake | 823 (2017) | 13.7km |
Sharon | 729 (2017) | 17.0km |
Nearest Clubs:
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Club | Location | Distance |
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Mid-Hudson Valley Gem and Mineral Society Inc. | Poughkeepsie, New York | 46km |
Mindat Locality ID:
8447
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:8447:8
GUID (UUID V4):
32df2949-85a3-467f-9deb-1c69cea65c08
A former Pb occurrence/mine complex located between Boston Corners and Pine Plains (Dutchess County). First worked prior to 1740. (Pulsifer, 1888). Coordinates approximate (Boston Corners = 42º03'10", 73º31'18"; Pine Plains = 41º58'47", 73º39'23").
The current name of the town is Ancramdale. It was originally called "Ancram Lead Mine" and is located about 2 and 1/2 miles south east of Ancram. It once had a CNE railroad station called Ancram Lead Mine right on the mine property. The rails are gone; however the parts of the rail bed remain. The mine was last active just until the end of the Civil War.
The following article (Capt. Franklin Ellis, 1878) goes into greater detail.
About seventy years ago Henry Keefer had what is called a "stone bee," at which his neighbors lent their assistance to clear a field of the stone that so greatly interfered with the work of cultivation. While prying out some projecting rock he was struck by the strange metallic lustre it possessed, and upon investigation found it to be lead ore. The farm was held under lease, and Livingston, hearing of the discovery, immediately bought him out and erected a small smelting-furnace, in which he reduced the ore. He continued to run the mine for about ten years. It was then abandoned, and remained idle until in 1836 or 1837 the lease was bought by a New York company, who worked it a couple of years. In 1848, Harmon McIntyre became owner of the mine by virtue of a purchase of the soil. In 1850--March 1--the mine was leased for a period of twelve years to Josiah Sturgis, of New York, who worked it for about three years, and then sold the lease to Alexander C. Farrington for $2,000. It remained idle till 1863-64, when a stock company was formed and the mine was fitted up with all the most improved machinery for crushing, washing, hoisting, and handling the ore, at a great expense. The company continued operations about two years, and then stopped, since which time nothing has been done. The shaft was sunk to a depth of one hundred feet, and galleries of varying length were opened in all directions.
Ore was in 2 or 3 small veins on contact of limestone and schist.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsCommodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
9 valid minerals.
Detailed Mineral List:
ⓘ Baryte Formula: BaSO4 |
ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 |
ⓘ Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 |
ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS |
ⓘ Malachite Formula: Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 |
ⓘ Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz Formula: SiO2 |
ⓘ Sphalerite Formula: ZnS |
ⓘ Wulfenite ? Formula: Pb(MoO4) Description: Lee (1824): "Molybdate of Lead? Occurs in small tabular crystals of a pale orange yellow color, and distinctly foliated. They are translucent and have a glistening lustre—yield easily to the knife, and melt before the blow pipe into a dark colored mass—rare." |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
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ⓘ | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
ⓘ | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
ⓘ | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
ⓘ | var. Milky Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
ⓘ | Malachite | 5.BA.10 | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates | |||
ⓘ | Baryte | 7.AD.35 | BaSO4 |
ⓘ | Wulfenite ? | 7.GA.05 | Pb(MoO4) |
List of minerals for each chemical element
H | Hydrogen | |
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H | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
C | Carbon | |
C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
C | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | Oxygen | |
O | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
O | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
O | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
O | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
O | ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | Silicon | |
Si | ⓘ Quartz | SiO2 |
Si | ⓘ Quartz var. Milky Quartz | SiO2 |
S | Sulfur | |
S | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
S | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
S | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Ca | Calcium | |
Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
Fe | Iron | |
Fe | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
Cu | Copper | |
Cu | ⓘ Chalcopyrite | CuFeS2 |
Cu | ⓘ Malachite | Cu2(CO3)(OH)2 |
Zn | Zinc | |
Zn | ⓘ Sphalerite | ZnS |
Mo | Molybdenum | |
Mo | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
Ba | Barium | |
Ba | ⓘ Baryte | BaSO4 |
Pb | Lead | |
Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
Pb | ⓘ Wulfenite | Pb(MoO4) |
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
North America PlateTectonic Plate
- Appalachian BasinBasin
- Laurentides DomainDomain
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References
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