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Arnold Mine

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 10082216
MRDS ID W044894
Record type Site
Current site name Arnold Mine
Related records 10273019

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.38431, 44.27248 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Relative position .73 MILES N 49 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

  • IT IS LOCATED ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE VILLAGE OF FOWLER AND HIGHWAY 58

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Mica Gangue
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) -75.38431, 44.27248
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRATAFORM
    Plunge 15 TO 50
    Plunge direction NORTH
    Thickness 60.96M

Comments on the geologic information

  • MAJOR FOLDS, WHICH ARE DOMINANT STRUCTURAL FEATURES ELSEWHERE, ARE ABSENT HERE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1885

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall length 822.96M

Comments on the workings information

  • AS OF 1945, 15 LEVELS HAD BEEN TURNED OUT. THE LEVEL ARE FROM 45 TO 65 FT APART.

Comments on development

  • THE MINE HAD FIRST OPENED UNDER THE ST LAWRENCE MINERAL LANDS CO AND HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY OPERATED UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE MICHIGAN SYNDICATE, KELLER BROTHERS, COLUMBIAN AND INTERNATIONAL TALC CO'S

Reference information

Bibliographic references

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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