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Farr Prospect

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron
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  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. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096656
MRDS ID W044749
Record type Site
Current site name Farr Prospect
Related records 10223891

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.32015, 44.44804 (WGS84)
Elevation 134
Relative position 1.89 MILES N 48 E OF BM 450 IN BIGELOW 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

Bigelow(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

  • IT IS ABOUT 2,000 FT NORTHEAST OF THE OLD MITCHELL SHAFT

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Iron, Pig Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Analytical data

Result 30.6% 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) -75.32015, 44.44804
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Ore Attains Maximum Thickness Along The Axes Of The Anticlinal And Synclinal Drag Folds

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES
    Thickness 9.14M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1904

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on development

  • SHAFT FLOODED TO WITHIN 10 FT, ALSO PROSPECT PIT FLOODED

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1917, REPORT ON THE PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE VEINS IN JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK DEFENSE COUNCIL BULLETIN NO. 1 P. 26, 27

  • Deposit

    PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP 61, 63-64

  • Deposit

    SMYTH, C.H., JR., 1912, ON THE GENESIS OF THE PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 158, PP 152-153, FIGS 14, 15

  • Deposit

    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

Reporter information

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

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