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Allen Farm Deposit

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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082200
MRDS ID W044868
Record type Site
Current site name Allen Farm Deposit
Related records 10151335

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.06402, 44.49859 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position .48 MILES N 17 W OF BM 749 IN WEST PIERREPONT, 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

West Pierrepont(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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.06402, 44.49859
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Trends East-Northeast To West Northwest And Dips 25-80 N

Ore body information

  • General form IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner H. E. Allen Farm

Comments on the workings information

  • THE AREA CONSISTS OF EIGHT PROSPECT PITS, SIX ARE IN THE POTSDAM SANDSTONE AND TWO ARE IN THE GRENVILLE MARBLE.

Reference information

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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