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Little River Prospect

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082133
MRDS ID W044764
Record type Site
Current site name Little River Prospect
Related records 10082199, 10272471

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.10514, 44.49859 (WGS84)
Elevation 195
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 2.24 MILES N 78 W OF BM 749 IN WEST PIERREPONT 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

West Pierrepont(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

Comments on the location information

  • 500 FT SOUTH OF THE NORTHERN LIMIT OF THE RUSSELL QUADRANGLE ABOUT 200 FT DOWNSTREAM FROM THE OBRIEN FARM HEMATITE PROSPECT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Graphite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 19.3% S (PRUCHA, 1957)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.10514, 44.49859
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 60 E
    Dip 15-20 NW
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 24.38M

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

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP 80-81

  • 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

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-85 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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