Webb Zinc Deposit

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodities Zinc, Sulfur-Pyrite, Lead
Sections on this page
  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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10089996
MRDS ID W044767
Record type Site
Current site name Webb Zinc Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.26987, 44.30137 (WGS84)
Elevation 226
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 1.17 MILES S 18 W OF BM 687 SOUTH OF EDWARDS 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

Edwards(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 60% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.26987, 44.30137

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description A Narrow Shear Zone Traceable For 2000 Ft

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 40 E
    Dip NW
    Length 243.84M
    Width 2.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discoverer A.J. Moore

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Lux Developement Co
    First year 1914
  • Type Owner
    Owner Leased By C. Haile Sprague, Richville, N. Y.
    First year 1942

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPLORATION OF THE PROPERTY WAS CONFINED TO SEVEN SHALLOW PITS. THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES DRILLED FIVE DIAMOND DRILL HOLES IN THE WINTER OF "42"-"43".

Comments on development

  • IN 1926, IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ILLINOIS ZINC CO. COMPLETED A NUMBER OF DIAMOND DRILL HOLES ALONG THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CONTACT ZONE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUSHING, H.P., AND NEWLAND, D.H., 1925, GEOLOGY OF THE GOUVERNEUR QUADRANGLE; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 259, P. 96

  • Deposit

    HERMANCE, H.P., AND SANFORD, R.S., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF PARKER AND WEBB ZINC DEPOSITS, ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK; UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4417, P 31

  • 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. 444

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-85 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.