| 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: | -75.64238, 44.26498 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 128 |
| Relative position | 1.84 MILES S 20 W OF BM 349 IN OXBOW NEW YORK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | Jefferson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Biotite | Gangue |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Garnet | Gangue |
| Graphite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 29.4% S AND 29.6% S (PRUCHA, 1957) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss |
| (1) | -75.64238, 44.26498 |
|---|
| General form | SHEETED |
|---|---|
| Thickness | 6.1M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gouverneur |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
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| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044678 |
BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1917, REPORT ON THE PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE VEIN IN JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL BULLETIN NO. 1, PP 37-39
PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, THE PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP 41-43.
LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P 425
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | TWO PRINCIPAL EXPOSURES |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1985 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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