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Ore Bed School Prospect

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Sulfur-Pyrite
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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. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089991
MRDS ID W044756
Record type Site
Current site name Ore Bed School Prospect
Related records 10175671

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.27181, 44.45081 (WGS84)
Elevation 155
Relative position .46 MILES N 01 W OF BM 497 NORTHEAST OF KENT CORNER, 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

Bigelow(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

  • 2 1/2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HERMON VILLAGE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Sillimanite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 19.3% 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) -75.27181, 44.45081
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BANDS
    Strike N 47 E
    Dip 35-45 NW
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

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 STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL BULLETIN NO. 1; PP. 25-26

  • Deposit

    PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, P 79-80

  • 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 TWO VEINS WHICH ARE PART OF THE LARGE GNEISS BELT EXTENDING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE VICINITY OF HERMON VILLAGE ARE EXPOSED HERE.

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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