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Mitchell Prospect

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron
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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 10089995
MRDS ID W044765
Record type Site
Current site name Mitchell Prospect
Related records 10159478

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.32709, 44.44276 (WGS84)
Elevation 128
Relative position 2.8 MILES N 56 E OF BM 450 IN BIGELOW 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 NORTHEAST OF RICHVILLE STATION ON A WOODED RIGDE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF INDIAN CREEK.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Iron, Pig Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result 28.3% 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) -75.32709, 44.44276
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS, LENSES, SHEETS
    Strike N 65 E
    Dip 60 NW
    Thickness 6.4M
    Length 304.8M

Comments on the geologic information

  • A STRONG LOCAL MAGNETIC ANOMALY ABOUT 300 FT SOUTHWEST ALONG THE STRIKE FROM THE SHAFT INDICATES THE PRESENCE OF PYRRHOTITE MINERALIZATION.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1904

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE ZONE IS WELL EXPOSED IN A SHALLOW PROSPECT TRENCH LYING 32 FT NE OF SHAFT ALONG THE STRIKE. ON SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE TRENCH, ABOUT 25 FT LONG, PART OF THE PYRITE VEIN SEEN IN THE SHAFT IS WELL EXPOSED, NORTHEASTWARD NO OUTCROPS ALONG STRIKE.

Comments on development

  • A SHAFT WAS SUNK THERE IN 1904, FLOODED AS OF 1953.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1917, REPORT ON THE PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE VEIN IN JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK DEFENSE COUNCIL BULLETIN NO. 1, P 27, 28, 29

  • Deposit

    PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP 61, 62, 63, PLATE 15

  • 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 BULLETION 1072F, P 425

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LOCATED ON PROPERTY D.G. STYLES ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

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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