Brown Deposit

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Lead

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Workings at the site
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10090016
MRDS ID	W044895
Record type	Site
Current site name	Brown Deposit

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-75.53849, 44.41776 (WGS84)
Elevation	122
Relative position	.83 MILES S 01 W OF BM 378 IN PIERCES 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

Pope Mills(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
Lead	Primary

Host and associated rocks

Host or associated Host

Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-75.53849, 44.41776	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form VEIN STRINGERS

General form	VEIN STRINGERS

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Past Producer
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Workings at the site

Type of workings Underground

Length 152.4M

Overall depth 30.48M

Overall length 152.4M

Type of workings	Underground
Length	152.4M
Overall depth	30.48M
Overall length	152.4M

Comments on the workings information

AN OPEN CUT 50 FT LONG AND 4 FT WIDE TAINED TO A DEPTH OF 15 FT IS ON THE WESTWARD EXTENSION OF THE VEIN. ALSO THREE VERTICAL SHAFTS ARE SUPPOSEDLY CONNECTED AT THE 100 FT LEVEL.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W044895

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1934, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HAMMOND, ANTWERP, AND LOWVILLE QUADRANGLES: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 296, P 205, MAP
Deposit

NEUMAN, G.L., 1952, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4907, P, 5. FIGURE 1.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-JAN-1986	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.