Rock Pond 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. Geologic structures
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082181
MRDS ID W044843
Record type Site
Current site name Rock Pond Occurrence
Related records 10224186

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.77124, 44.54915 (WGS84)
Elevation 396
Relative position 3.47 MILES S 11 W OF BM 1427 ON WHITES HILL IN THE TOWN OF PARISHVILLE 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

Rainbow Falls(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) Eoarchean

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.77124, 44.54915

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation In The Gneiss Strikes West-Northwest And Dips 50-60 Nne

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 548.64M
    Width 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer Discovered By The Aeromagnetic Survey Made By The United States Geological Survey

Land status

Ownership category State

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

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