Brunner Hill 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082180
MRDS ID W044841
Record type Site
Current site name Brunner Hill Occurrence
Related records 10175343

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.81485, 44.42915 (WGS84)
Elevation 408
Relative position 3.08 MILES S 56 W OF BM 1360 ON THE STARK FALLS DAM ON THE STARK FALLS RESERVOIR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stark(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tupper Lake(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 43.6% FE (LEONARD, BUDDINGTON, 1964)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.81485, 44.42915

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation In Outcrops Strike N 50 E And Dip 55-80 Nw

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 68 NW
    Thickness 4.11M
    Length 304.8M
    Width 60.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Discoverer Discovered By The Aeromagnetic Survey Made By The United States Geological Survey

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Northern Developement Corp.
    Home office Syracuse, N.Y.

Comments on development

  • THE U.S. BUREAU OF MINES DRILLED ONE HOLE TO A DEPTH 329 FT IN NOVEMBER OF 1946.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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