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Mombasha Mine, Lake Mombasha, Town of Monroe, Orange County, New York, USAi
Regional Level Types
Mombasha MineMine
Lake MombashaLake
Town of MonroeTown
Orange CountyCounty
New YorkState
USACountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
41° 16' 59'' North , 74° 12' 0'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
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Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Walton Park2,669 (2017)3.8km
Monroe8,632 (2017)5.4km
Harriman2,476 (2017)5.4km
Kiryas Joel22,851 (2017)7.1km
Central Valley1,810 (2017)8.5km
Nearest Clubs:
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ClubLocationDistance
Orange County Mineral SocietyMiddletown, New York26km
Franklin Ogdensburg Mineralogical SocietyFranklin, New Jersey38km
North Jersey Mineralogical Society, Inc.Paterson, New Jersey41km
Mindat Locality ID:
13653
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:13653:9
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Ref.: New York State Museum Bull. Nos. 249-250 (Sep-Oct 1921), Magnetic Iron Deposits of SE NY, Clarke, John M.: Index Map, 45 & 110.

An iron mine in magnetite ore located South of Monroe, West of the O'Neil mine and about 0.25 mile (ca. 402 m) West of the North end of Lake Mombasha. Ore deposit was a band of lean, disseminated ore. Workings comprised a small pit or cut of 4 feet (1.22 m) to 5 feet (1.52 m) wide.

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1 valid mineral.

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4

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OOxygen
O MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
FeIron
Fe MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4

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