Outafit Occurrence

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090173
MRDS ID W044847
Record type Site
Current site name Outafit Occurrence
Related records 10224006

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.84433, 44.27387 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 2.54 MILES S 50 W OF BM 1470 ON THE WESTSIDE OF THE CLIFTON AND COLTON TOWN LINE

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Redwood(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

  • 1:24000 QUADRANGLE MAP IS A 1970 EDITION

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 28% FE (LEONARD, BUDDINGTON, 1964)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.84433, 44.27387

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Trends N 30 E Dips Vertically; Lineation Trends S 30 W Plunging 40 Sw

Ore body information

  • General form SHOOT
    Strike N 30-35 E
    Dip VERTICAL
    Plunge direction SOUTHWEST
    Thickness 19.81M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945
Discoverer Discovered By The Aeromagnetic Survey Made By The United States Geological Survey

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Newton Falls Paper Mill, Inc.
    Home office Newton Falls, Ny
    First year 1962

Comments on the workings information

  • PRIVATE EXPLORATION ON THE DEPOSIT WAS DONE IN 1958

Comments on development

  • TWO DIAMOND DRILL HOLES DRIVEN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS OCCURRENCE WAS THE FIRST NEW MAGNETITE ORE BODY FOUND IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE BY MEANS OF THE AIRBORNE MAGNETOMETER. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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