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Check access before you go. Most sites listed here are old mines, quarries or prospects, and many are on private land or active mining claims. Get the landowner's permission, check the rules of the agency that manages any public land, and never enter mine workings. Locations are approximate.

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Aurora Well (Past Producer)Swartout Opening + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)J.C.Mahaney Well (Past Producer)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
3 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

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Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Minerals recorded here

No individual minerals are listed in these records.

Commodities

Salt 2

Sites

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Swartout Opening——Past Producer43.302, -76.677
Furnaceville Iron Co.——Past Producer43.302, -76.679
J.C.Mahaney WellSalt—Past Producer42.685, -76.644
Fair Haven Iron Company Property——Past Producer43.302, -76.676
Aurora WellSalt—Past Producer42.754, -76.703

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 99 fossil collection records in Cayuga County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Wayne County · Seneca County · Onondaga County · Yates County · Ontario County

New York mineral guides

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How we built this page: we counted named sites in the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) for this area, left out sand, gravel, crushed stone, clay pits and unnamed sites, grouped them by Census county, and linked every site to its USGS record. We did not visit these sites, and MRDS does not tell you who owns the land or whether collecting is allowed.

Source: USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS). USGS ceased systematic updates to MRDS around 2011, so status and details may be out of date. Each site links to its USGS record.

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