| Deposit ID | 10089990 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W044753 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Pyrites Prospect |
| Alternate or previous names | High Falls Mine |
| Related records | 10248355 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.1968, 44.51748 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 137 |
| Relative position | 1.08 MILES N 110 DEGREES E OF BM 366 AT THE INTERSECTION OF PYRITES ROAD AND MINER STREET |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
St. Lawrence(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Canton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | St. Lawrence |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Primary |
| Iron, Pig Iron | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Graphite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 22.9% S (PRUCHA, 1957) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | Potsdam Sandstone |
|---|
| General form | SHEETED, STRINGERS |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 20-40 E |
| Dip | 30-55 NW |
| Thickness | 3.05M |
| Length | 965.61M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Year of first production | 1905 |
| Year of last production | 1908 |
| District name | Gouverneur |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | National Pyrites Co. |
| First year | 1905 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | Oliver Iron Mining Co., Division Of United States Steel |
| First year | 1957 |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Length | 246.89M |
| Overall depth | 64.01M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044753 |
BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1917, REPORT ON THE PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE VEINS IN JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL BULLETIN NO. 1, PP 23-25
NEWLAND, D.H., 1906, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRY DURING 1905; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 102, P121-122
PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP. 75-77, PLATE 17
SMYTH, C.H., JR, 1912, ON THE GENESIS OF THE PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 158, PP 161-164
LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCE TO EACH LOCALITY; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P. 425
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1985 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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