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Uniform Fibrous Talc Co. Mines

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082209
MRDS ID W044881
Record type Site
Current site name Uniform Fibrous Talc Co. Mines
Alternate or previous names Wintergreen Hill Mine
Related records 10151215

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.31737, 44.3072 (WGS84)
Elevation 186
Relative position .88 MILES N 55 E OF BM 619 1.75 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF EMERYVILLE 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

Edwards(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

  • IT IS LOCATED 2,300 FT WEST OF THE 2 1/2 MINE, ON THE NORTH BANK OF THE OSWEBATCHIE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.31737, 44.3072
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATAFORM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1911
Year of last production 1921

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Uniform Fibrous Talc Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 153.31M
    Overall length 289.56M

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO SHAFTS INCLINED TO THE NORTH HAVE BEEN SUNK, AS OF 1945-47 THE MINE WAS ABANDONED AND FLOODED.

Reference information

Reporter information

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

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