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Wilson Mountain 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 10082187
MRDS ID W044851
Record type Site
Current site name Wilson Mountain Occurrence
Related records 10297342

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.85846, 44.31887 (WGS84)
Elevation 475
Location accuracy 500(meters)
Relative position 3.05 MILES N 60 W OF BM 1470 ON THE WESTSIDE OF THE CLIFTON AND COLTON TOWN BORDERS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brother Ponds(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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.85846, 44.31887
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Webb Creek Anticline

Ore body information

  • General form FISHHOOK AND LINEAR
    Plunge STEEPLY SOUTHWESTWARD
    Plunge direction S 20-25 W
    Length 1127.76M
    Width 91.44M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HOOK SHAPE STRONGLY SUGGESTED THE PRESENCE OF FOLDS AT DEPTH

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit IT REGISTERED AS A ANOMALY DURING THE 1945 AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY DONE BY THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-85 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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