Clafin School Occurrence

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082150
MRDS ID W044800
Record type Site
Current site name Clafin School Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Enslow Occurrence
Related records 10224254

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.9918, 44.52137 (WGS84)
Elevation 244
Relative position 2.84 MILES S 67 W OF BM 864 IN COLTON 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

Colton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Massena(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
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.9918, 44.52137

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NW
    Dip SW
    Length 30.48M
    Width 18.29M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1895

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Floyd, M. Enslow, Colton, N. Y.
    First year 1948

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO PROSPECT TRENCHES AND TWO SHAFTS

Reference information

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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