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Skate Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in St. Lawrence 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. 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082185
MRDS ID W044849
Record type Site
Current site name Skate Creek Occurrence
Related records 10150975

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.06791, 44.23998 (WGS84)
Elevation 390
Relative position 3.21 MILES N 01 E OF BM 1162 IN THE LOWER OSWEGATCHIE 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

Oswegatchie(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
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.06791, 44.23998
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Overturned Isoclinial Syncline Whose Axis Is Nearly Horizontal
Type of structure Local
Structure description Lineations Trend S-60-90 W And Plunge Southeastward

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N 38 W
    Dip 35-60 SW
    Plunge 7 SE
    Plunge direction S 34.5 E
    Length 2362.2M
    Width 45.72M

Comments on the geologic information

  • EXAMPLES OF IRON OXIDE-IRONSULFIDE ZONING FOUND HERE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Discoverer Geologists Of Jones And Laughlin Ore Co

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on development

  • IN 1946, THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES DRILLED SIX DIAMOND DRILL HOLES.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT REGISTERED AS AN ANOMALY DURING THE 1945 AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY BYTHE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reporter information

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

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