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Hardwood Mill 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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082202
MRDS ID W044871
Record type Site
Current site name Hardwood Mill Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Ross Oswegatchie Deposit
Related records 10126665

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.91625, 44.23304 (WGS84)
Relative position 1.66 MILES S 74 W OF BM 1481 IN COOK CORNERS, 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

Newton Falls(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

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 Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.91625, 44.23304
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Observed Lineation In Rocks In This General Area Trend East-Southeast To South-Southwest

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike EAST
    Dip 50 TO 90 DEGREES S
    Plunge GREATER THAN 45 DEGREES
    Plunge direction SE
    Thickness 10.67M
    Length 304.8M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1941
Discoverer A.M. Ross, Newton Falls Paper Mill Co, Newton Falls, N.Y.

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • SHALLOW TEST PITS MADE IN 1942

Comments on development

  • FOUR SHORT HOLES WERE DRIVEN AND SEVERAL SHALLOW TEST PITS WERE SUNK IN 1942

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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