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Meacham Lake Prospect

Occurrence in Franklin county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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  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 10082175
MRDS ID W044833
Record type Site
Current site name Meacham Lake Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.32149, 44.58608 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.12 MILES N 48 W OF BM 1582 ON NEW YORK ROUTE 30 NW OF MEACHAMLAKE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Meacham Lake(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 Franklin

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Hornblendite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.32149, 44.58608
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Jones And Loughlin Steel Co
    First year 1958

Comments on development

  • IT WAS PRIVATELY EXPLORED BY W.S. MOORE CO. FOR JONES AND LOUGHLIN STEEL CO IN 1958. TWENTY THREE DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE DRILLED, THE CORE NOW RESIDES N.Y.S. MUSEUM CORE DEPOSITORY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    NEW YORK STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN FILE

Reporter information

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

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