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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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81 Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Burden Deposit + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Parkhurst Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Williams Mine (Past Producer)Tremblay Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Unnamed Quarry (Past Producer)Tremblay Pits + 3 more nearby (Occurrence)Dorothy Anomaly + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Unnamed Mine (Past Producer)Bowen and Signor Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)James J. Kimball Ore Bed Deposit (Prospect)Averill Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Rock Ore Bed (Prospect)Black Brook Propect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Ellis Mine + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Rutgers Deposit + 5 more nearby (Past Producer)Palmer Hill Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Lynch Prospect + 2 more nearby (Occurrence)Mitchell Prospect + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Jackson Hill Mines + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Arnold Hill Mines + 5 more nearby (Past Producer)Finch Prospect + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Battie Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Cook Mine + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Winter Mine (Past Producer)Rand Hill Region Anorthosite (Prospect)Mace Mine (Past Producer)Plattsburg (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
28 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 4 site(s) with USGS coordinates outside the outline are not pinned. County outline: US Census Bureau cartographic boundary file (2023). Locations approximate.

Woof’s favorite find

Arnold Hill Mines

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 1 gem or collectible mineral (Quartz) and 2 of our card minerals overall. That ties with 2 other site(s), so we broke the tie by mine status (past producers first), then USGS record quality, then name. USGS lists it as past producer for Iron. Minerals mentioned: Quartz, Magnetite. Approx. location 44.489, -73.617. USGS record.

Ask first: a USGS record doesn’t mean you can visit. Find out who owns the land and get permission before collecting.

Field cards: what kind of sites?

55
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

9
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

5
Prospect

Explored or test-dug, with no recorded production.

Status terms come from USGS MRDS records.

Mineral cards

Counts are sites whose USGS record mentions the mineral or commodity. Hardness from Mindat.

Minerals recorded here

Chromite 1Magnetite 1

Commodities

Iron 38Chromium 1Marble 1Dimension 1Aluminum 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
PlattsburgChromiumChromiteOccurrence44.695, -73.447
Arnold Hill MinesIronMagnetitePast Producer44.489, -73.617
Averill MineIron—Past Producer44.722, -73.726
Burden DepositIron—Past Producer44.717, -73.910
Williams MineIron—Past Producer44.729, -73.895
Mitchell ProspectIron—Occurrence44.527, -73.652
Dorothy AnomalyIron—Occurrence44.681, -73.787
Tremblay MineIron—Past Producer44.589, -73.883
Finch ProspectIron—Past Producer44.481, -73.625
Rutgers DepositIron—Past Producer44.511, -73.668
Cook MineIron—Past Producer44.489, -73.584
Mace MineIron—Past Producer44.478, -73.575
Ellis MineIron—Past Producer44.749, -73.701
Chalifou ProspectIron—Occurrence44.474, -73.616
Unnamed MineIron—Past Producer44.650, -73.798
Lo Mar MineIron—Past Producer44.738, -73.711
Unnamed QuarryMarble, Dimension—Past Producer44.453, -73.855
Indian DepositIron—Past Producer44.483, -73.541
Lynch ProspectIron—Occurrence44.553, -73.660
Phillips VeinIron—Past Producer44.716, -73.913
81 MineIron—Past Producer44.704, -73.943
Winter MineIron—Occurrence44.451, -73.576
Russia Station MineIron—Past Producer44.674, -73.781
Battie MineIron—Past Producer44.504, -73.584
Palmer Hill MineIron—Past Producer44.465, -73.675
Nelson Bush MineIron—Past Producer44.489, -73.616
Tremblay PitsIron—Occurrence44.593, -73.811
Hogback DepositIron—Past Producer44.517, -73.665
Black Brook PropectIron—Occurrence44.458, -73.737
Clayburg MineIron—Past Producer44.591, -73.838
Parkhurst MineIron—Past Producer44.754, -73.870
Dills and La Oake MineIron—Past Producer44.511, -73.667
Bowen and Signor MineIron—Past Producer44.594, -73.808
Jackson MineIron—Past Producer44.486, -73.486
Tremblay Mine——Past Producer44.589, -73.883
Helen Ore Body DepositIron—Occurrence44.545, -73.651
Henry Mitchell Mine——Past Producer44.526, -73.652
Arnold Hill Group——Past Producer44.488, -73.618
Lynch Prospect——Prospect44.547, -73.661
Phillips Vein——Past Producer44.716, -73.913

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 103 fossil collection records in Clinton County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Franklin County · Essex County · Warren County · Hamilton County · Washington County

New York mineral guides

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Related articles

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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