International Talc Co. 2 1/2 Mine

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone

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Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Land status
Ownership information
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10082213
MRDS ID	W044888
Record type	Site
Current site name	International Talc Co. 2 1/2 Mine
Alternate or previous names	Freeman Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-75.30959, 44.30942 (WGS84)
Elevation	198
Relative position	1.29 MILES N 60 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

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Talc-Soapstone	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Associated

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eoarchean

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1)	Biotite-quartz-plagioclase paragneiss, amphibolite, and related migmatite	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form LENSE

General form	LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Non-metallic
Deposit size	Large
Significant	No
Year of first production	1877

Mining district

District name	Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category	Private

Ownership information

Type Owner-Operator

Owner International Talc Co.

Type	Owner-Operator
Owner	International Talc Co.

Workings at the site

Type of workings Underground

Overall depth 182.88M

Type of workings	Underground
Overall depth	182.88M

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W044888

Bibliographic references

Deposit

ENGEL, A.E.J., 1962, THE PRECAMBRIAN GEOLOGY AND TALC DEPOSITS OF THE BALMAT-EDWARDS DISTRICT: UNITED STATES SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT, P. 332-333
Deposit

LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 441

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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