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Wight Mine

Occurrence 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082214
MRDS ID W044891
Record type Site
Current site name Wight Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.39181, 44.26192 (WGS84)
Elevation 201
Relative position .19 MILES N 74 E OF BM 674 NORTH OF BALMAT 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

Gouverneur(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 1/8 MILES SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE OF FOWLER

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATAFORM

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1875
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gouverneur Talc Co., A Subsidary Of R. T. Vanderbilt Co. Inc
    First year 1985
  • Type Owner
    Owner Gouverneur Talc Co, Subsidary Of R. T. Vanderbilt Co. Inc
    First year 1985

Comments on development

  • WAS OPERATED BY INTERNATIONAL TALC CO. UNTIL THE COMPANY WAS BOUGHT BY GOUVERNEUR TALC CO

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Discovery Year: 1870'S

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 07/15/1991
MSHA mine ID3002236
Mine name (MSHA)Wight Mine
Current operatorNjz Mines Inc
Current controller (parent)Horsehead Industries Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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