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Deershead

Occurrence in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Wollastonite, Garnet
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10023300
MRDS ID I000138
Record type Site
Current site name Deershead

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.59956, 40.61667 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ON WEST SIDE OF LAKE CHAMPLAIN., Estimated Location, Unknown Precison But Probably Within 2 Minutes.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nassau(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Jones Inlet(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Long Island West(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

New York(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Wollastonite Primary
Garnet Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wollastonite Ore
Diopside Gangue
Garnet Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Contact Metamorphism, Metasomatism

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 65
USGS model code 18g
Deposit model name Skarn wollastonite

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Anorthosite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Grenville Limestone
    Rock description Grenville Lst

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.59956, 40.61667
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Nyco
    First year 1990

Comments on development

  • ECON.COM: PROPERTY WAS UNDEVELOPED IN 1981.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ELEVATORSKI, E.A., 1975, WOLLASTONITE, IN LEFOND, S.J., ED., INDUSTRIAL MINERALS AND ROCKS (NONMETALLICS OTHER THAN FUELS): NEW YORK, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGICAL, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, P. 1227-1234.

  • Deposit

    SMITH, MARTIN, 1981, WOLLASTONITE-- PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION CONTINUE TO CLIMB: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 167, P. 25-30.

  • Deposit

    HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, 312 P.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CONTACT METAMORPHOSED LIMESTONE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-89 Orris, Greta J. U.S. Geological Survey

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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