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Plattsburg

Occurrence in Clinton county in New York, United States with commodities Chromium, Platinum, Iridium, Rhodium, Palladium, Copper, Osmium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038135
MRDS ID M045421
Record type Site
Current site name Plattsburg
Alternate or previous names Plattsburgh

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.4473, 44.69469 (WGS84)
Elevation 46
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position NEAR TOWN OF PLATTSBURGH, Estimated At Plattsburgh

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Clinton(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Plattsburgh(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Lake Champlain North(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Champlain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Clinton

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. LOCATION GIVEN IS FOR TOWN OF PLATTSBURG BECAUSE REFERENCE DOES NOT PROVIDE AN EXACT LOCATION.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Iridium Critical Tertiary
Rhodium Critical Tertiary
Palladium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Osmium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • ONE NUGGET IN GLACIAL DRIFT, WEIGHED 104.4 G. IT CONSISTED OF 46% PGE AND 54% CHROMITE.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result ANALYSIS OF PT PART OF NUGGET YIELDED PT=82.81%, IR=0.627%, RH=0.286%, PD=3.105%, CU=0.397%, FE=11.04%, WITH H2O, CAO, MGO. OS PRESENT BUT NOT DETERMINED.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Unconsolidated Deposit > Glacial Sediment
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pleistocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) Trenton Group
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form NUGGET

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Source Region And Direction Of Glacial Transport

Comments on the geologic information

  • SOURCE IS PROBABLY FROM SOMEWHERE IN QUEBEC, BUT PT IS NOT KNOWN IN THE PROBABLE SOURCE AREA (KEMP, 1902)

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1880

Comments on development

  • A SINGLE NUGGET WAS FOUND MEASURING 4 X 3 X 2.5 CM

Reference information

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General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS IS SIMPLY A GEOLOGICAL CURIOSITY WITH NO ECONOMIC POTENTIAL; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: GLACIAL ERRATIC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-75 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-FEB-90 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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