Wight Prospect

Occurrence in Jefferson county in New York, United States with commodity Sulfur-Pyrite
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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096654
MRDS ID W044668
Record type Site
Current site name Wight Prospect
Related records 10127228

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.59488, 44.23109 (WGS84)
Elevation 155
Relative position 2.35 MILES N 24.5 E OF BM 545 IN ANTWERP NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antwerp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fort Drum(Army Training Installation)

Army Training Installation ARMY(Type of land area)

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Jefferson

Comments on the location information

  • 2 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ANTWERP

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 30.9% 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) -75.59488, 44.23109

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 20 E
    Dip 50 NW
    Thickness 6.1M
    Length 106.68M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • 2 SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATORY WORK DONE IN 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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