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Champion Mine (Prospect)Guymard Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Washington Mine + 1 more nearby (Prospect)Edenville Ilmenite Deposit (Occurrence)Amity Rutile Deposit (Occurrence)Amity Fluorite Deposit (Occurrence)Amity Spinel Deposit (Occurrence)Edenville Rutile Deposit + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)Edenville Rutile Deposit (Occurrence)Standish Mine/Raynor/Taylor Mines (Past Producer)Warwick Group of Mines + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Sterling Group/Red-Back Mines + 7 more nearby (Past Producer)Steele Mine/Crawford/Brennon Mines + 3 more nearby (Past Producer)Scott Group of Mines + 2 more nearby (Past Producer)Scott-Cook Mine + 4 more nearby (Past Producer)Redback Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Snyder and Hewitt Mines (Past Producer)Bull Mine + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Clove Mine (Past Producer)Mombasha Mine/O'Neill/Forshee/Clove Mines + 1 more nearby (Past Producer)Bering Mine (Past Producer)Ranier Hill Prospect (Prospect)Lake Winade Mica Mine (Past Producer)Arden Mica Deposit (Occurrence)Townsend Canterbury Mine (Past Producer)Wetherby Mine/Rattlesnake Mine (Past Producer)Forest of Dean Mine (Past Producer)Fall Hill Wernerite Deposit (Occurrence)Tower Mine (Past Producer)Bog Meadow Pond Deposit (Occurrence)Forest of Dean Group of Mines (Past Producer)West Point Magnetite Vein Occurrence + 1 more nearby (Occurrence)
Past ProducerProducerProspectOccurrenceStatus unknown
32 paw pins; nearby sites are grouped into one pin. Hover or tap a pin for the site name. 1 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

Amity Fluorite Deposit

We picked it because its USGS record mentions 2 gem or collectible minerals (Garnet, Fluorite) and 2 of our card minerals overall. No other named site here scores as high on both counts. USGS lists it as occurrence for Fluorine-Fluorite. Minerals mentioned: Garnet, Fluorite. Approx. location 41.258, -74.466. 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?

38
Past Producer

Produced ore or material at some point in the past.

12
Occurrence

The mineral was noted here, without development.

7
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

Magnetite 10Limonite 1

Commodities

Iron 18Lead 3Titanium 3Mica 2Gemstone 2Fluorine-Fluorite 2Zinc 1Zirconium 1

Sites (first 40)

SiteCommodityMinerals recordedStatusApprox. location
Townsend Canterbury MineIronLimonitePast Producer41.431, -74.083
West Point Magnetite Vein OccurrenceIronMagnetiteOccurrence41.394, -73.964
Sterling Group/Red-Back MinesIronMagnetitePast Producer41.199, -74.264
Scott Group of MinesIronMagnetitePast Producer41.215, -74.225
Standish Mine/Raynor/Taylor MinesIronMagnetitePast Producer41.233, -74.358
Steele Mine/Crawford/Brennon MinesIronMagnetitePast Producer41.165, -74.265
Mombasha Mine/O'Neill/Forshee/Clove MinesIronMagnetitePast Producer41.292, -74.202
Bull MineIronMagnetitePast Producer41.369, -74.197
Wetherby Mine/Rattlesnake MineIronMagnetitePast Producer41.317, -74.087
Forest of Dean MineIronMagnetitePast Producer41.349, -74.068
Tower MineIronMagnetitePast Producer41.374, -74.045
Guymard MineZinc, Lead—Past Producer41.431, -74.588
Washington Mine——Prospect41.470, -74.563
Redback Mine——Past Producer41.179, -74.241
Forest of Dean Group of Mines——Past Producer41.334, -74.015
Edenville Rutile DepositTitanium—Occurrence41.286, -74.425
Lower California Mine——Past Producer41.188, -74.261
Brennan Deposit——Prospect41.170, -74.267
West Point Magnetite VeinIron—Occurrence41.394, -73.964
Clove Mine——Past Producer41.313, -74.201
Mountain Mine——Past Producer41.210, -75.430
Scott-Cook Mine——Past Producer41.203, -74.243
Bull Mine——Past Producer41.366, -74.201
Arden Mica DepositMica—Occurrence41.274, -74.142
Lake Winade Mica MineMica—Past Producer41.283, -74.193
Crawford and Steele Mines——Past Producer41.169, -74.261
Fall Hill Wernerite DepositGemstone—Occurrence41.330, -74.067
Edenville Ilmenite DepositIron—Occurrence41.277, -74.489
Warwick Group of Mines——Past Producer41.226, -74.350
Bering Mine——Past Producer41.160, -74.216
Amity Rutile DepositTitanium—Occurrence41.268, -74.492
Morehead Mine——Past Producer41.176, -74.231
Crossway Mine——Past Producer41.204, -74.245
Rocky Hill MineIron—Past Producer41.213, -74.344
Shaft-By-Railroad ProspectIron—Prospect41.179, -74.256
Edenville Fluorite DepositFluorine-Fluorite—Occurrence41.291, -74.411
Otisville MineLead—Past Producer41.472, -74.544
Sterling and Lake Mines——Past Producer41.198, -74.263
Wildcat ProspectIron—Prospect41.198, -74.259
Mombasha Lake Magnetite Area——Past Producer41.278, -74.196

Fossil collections

The Paleobiology Database lists 26 fossil collection records in Orange County. These are research records, not public dig sites.

Nearby counties

Rockland County · Westchester County · Putnam County · Sullivan County · Queens County

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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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