Pencock Prospect

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. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082152
MRDS ID W044804
Record type Site
Current site name Pencock Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.53543, 44.42304 (WGS84)
Elevation 122
Relative position .47 MILES S16E OF BM 378 IN PIERCES CORNER 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

Pope Mills(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 Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.53543, 44.42304

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Width 4.57M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1865

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner J. B. Morgan In 1860'S

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 45.72M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO VERTICAL SHAFTS WERE MINED. THE WESTERN ONE WAS 150 FT DEEP

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.