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Henricks Prospect

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Graphite
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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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089989
MRDS ID W044751
Record type Site
Current site name Henricks Prospect
Related records 10223812

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.38153, 44.40498 (WGS84)
Elevation 137
Relative position 1.66 MILES S 40 E OF BM 320 NW OF RICHVILLE JUST OFF THE OSWEGATCHIE RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richville(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

  • THE ABANDONED SHAFT IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD WHERE THE TRACKS CROSS BOLAND CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Graphite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 26.9% S (PRUCHA, 1957)

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 Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.38153, 44.40498
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEETED VEIN
    Strike N 35 E
    Dip 75 NORTHWEST
    Thickness 3.05M
    Length 9.14M
    Width 0.91M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Overall depth 15.24M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE EXCAVATION IS LARGELY IN THE HANGING WALL OF THE SHEETED ZONE. ONLY A FOOT AND A HALF OF VEIN IS EXPOSED IN THE EAST CORNER OF THE SHAFT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1917, REPORT ON THE PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE VEINS IN JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK DEFENSE COUNCIL BULLETIN NO. 1 PP 29-30

  • Deposit

    PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP 59-61

  • Deposit

    SMYTH, C.H., JR., 1912, ON THE GENESIS OF THE PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 158, PP 148-151

  • 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 425

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN CAN BE TRACED SEVERAL HUNDRED FT NORTHEAST ALONG THE STRIKE TO THE BASE OF RAILROAD EMBANKMENT.

Reporter information

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

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