Oxbow Southwest 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. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096655
MRDS ID W044678
Record type Site
Current site name Oxbow Southwest Prospect
Alternate or previous names Frank Bent Farm Prospect
Related records 10272543

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.64238, 44.26498 (WGS84)
Elevation 128
Relative position 1.84 MILES S 20 W OF BM 349 IN OXBOW 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

Muskellunge Lake(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 Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Biotite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Garnet Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 29.4% S AND 29.6% S (PRUCHA, 1957)

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) -75.64238, 44.26498

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEETED
    Thickness 6.1M

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

  • ONE PROSPECT PIT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO PRINCIPAL EXPOSURES

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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