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Fonda

Occurrence in Montgomery county in New York, United States with commodities Nickel, Platinum
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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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10048520
MRDS ID MP00110
Record type Site
Current site name Fonda

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.37235, 42.95387 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position Est Imated On City Of Fonda

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Montgomery(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tribes Hill(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Amsterdam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Binghamton(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mohawk(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Montgomery

Comments on the location information

  • UNSURVEYED. NO EXACT LOCATION GIVEN IN REFERENCE. LOCATION OF FONDA ESTIMATED FROM BINGHAMTON 1 BY 2 DEGREE TOPO MAP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Nickel Critical Primary
Platinum Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • PT IDENTIFIED BY SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AS INCLUSIONS IN PYROBITUMEN

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Platinum Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Ordovician

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.37235, 42.95387
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEINLET

Comments on the geologic information

  • NATIVE PT MAY HAVE FORMED BY PRECIPITATION FROM ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS AND THE PYROBITUMEN WAS CARBONIZED OR IT MAY HAVE COME FROM LATER MIGRTATING FLUIDS AS THEY ENTERED THE REDUCED ENVIRONMENT

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PARNELL, JOHN, 1988, NATIVE PLATINUM IN PYROBITUMEN FROM FONDA, NEW YORK: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 73, P. 1170-1171

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PT DISCOVERED IN SEM EXAMINATION OF SAMPLES OF PYROBITUMEN; UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: PT IN PYROBITUMEN.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-91 Peterson, Jocelyn A. U.S. Geological Survey

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