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Dead 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. 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. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082197
MRDS ID W044863
Record type Site
Current site name Dead Creek Occurrence
Related records 10175037

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.91628, 44.09859 (WGS84)
Elevation 555
Relative position 2.07 MILES N 09 W OF BM 1618 BY HIGH FALLS ON THE OSWEGATCHIE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brownville(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

Comments on the location information

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE IS A 1969 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result ESTIMATED 20-40% FE

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.91628, 44.09859
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Dead Creek Syncline
Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation And Bedding Are Parallel

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike WEST-NORTHWEST
    Dip 30 E TO 25 S
    Plunge GENTLE
    Plunge direction SOUTH-SOUTHEAST
    Length 20726.4M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1943
Discoverer B.F. Leonard

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner New York State (Partial Land Owner)

Comments on development

  • TWO BELTS EXIST HAVING PARTICULARLY GOOD CHARACTERISTICS INDICATIVE OF MAGNETITE CONCENTRATIONS

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE AREA IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ADIRONDACK STATE PARK; THEREFORE; EXPLORATION OF THE DEPOSIT WILL BE LIMITED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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