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Newton Hill Mine and Prospects

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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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. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Controls for ore emplacement
  12. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  13. Mining district
  14. Land status
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090014
MRDS ID W044889
Record type Site
Current site name Newton Hill Mine and Prospects

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.2907, 44.31554 (WGS84)
Elevation 238
Relative position 1.3 MILES S 84 W OF BM 687 SOUTHWEST 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

Comments on the location information

  • THE TALC PROPERTIES ARE ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF NEWTON HILL WHICH RIES ABRUPTLY ABOUT 160 FT ABOVE THE OSWNEGATCHIE RIVER.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Diopside Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Calc-Silicate Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.2907, 44.31554
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Fold Plunging Nw

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 34-70 N
    Plunge 28-38
    Plunge direction NW
    Thickness 27.43M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fold Axes

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1890

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner W. R. Thompson
    First year 1952

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.021HA
    Length 106.68M
    Overall length 121.92M
    Overall width 1.83M

Comments on the workings information

  • MOST EASTERLY AND DEEPEST SHAFT DRIVEN 350 FT DOWN DIP. FOUR PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • IN 1942, JOHN WALLACE OF GOUVERNEUR HAD THREE DIAMOND DRILL HOLES DRIVEN NEAR THE SHAFT. IN 1952, MR. THOMPSON, HAD ANOTHER EIGHT HOLES CORED BY ROY BROWN OF GOUVERNEUR.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NORTHEASTERLY TERMINATION OF TALCVILLE TALC BELT

Reporter information

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

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