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Kilburn Prospect

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron, Zinc
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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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082131
MRDS ID W044761
Record type Site
Current site name Kilburn Prospect
Related records 10223796

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.41626, 44.27276 (WGS84)
Elevation 192
Relative position 1.48 MILES S 86 W OF BM 613 SOUTH OF FOWLER, N.Y.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gouverneur(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
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Iron, Pig Iron Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 10-15% S (ESTIMATED, PRUCHA, 1957)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.41626, 44.27276
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip 40 NW
    Thickness 60.96M
    Length 6437.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • NO SIGNS OF WELL DEFINED VEINS, SERIES OF PITS, CONCENTRATION NEAR HANGING WALL CONTACT

Comments on development

  • IT WAS PROSPECTED IN A SERIES OF SHALLOW PITS, THE MAIN PIT BEING THE KILBURN PIT. EIGHT HUNDRED TONS OF MATERIALS ARE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN QUARRIED (BUDDINGTON, 1917)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1917, REPORT ON THE PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE VEINS IN JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK DEFENSE COUNCIL BULLETIN NO. 1, P 20, 21

  • Deposit

    PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, P 78

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 425

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A TRACE OF ZINC REPORTED TO BE PRESENT IN ORE FORM (BUDDINGTON, 1917) ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit ITS A NARROW BELT WHICH BEGINS NEAR FOWLER AND CURVES IN A GENTLE ARC FROM WEST THROUGH SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH FOR A DISTANCE OF FOUR MILES

Reporter information

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

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