Victoria East Mine

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Lead
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082065
MRDS ID W044655
Record type Site
Current site name Victoria East Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.65349, 44.35942 (WGS84)
Elevation 113
Relative position 2.26 MILES S 67 E OF BM 322 IN NELSON CORNERS NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Muskellunge Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York St. Lawrence

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.65349, 44.35942

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1835
Year of first production 1837
Year of last production 1855

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Felts Estate, 1952 (Surface Rights) Pardee Mining Co, 1952 (Mineral Rights)

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 182.88M
    Overall depth 30.48M
    Overall length 182.88M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1830'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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