Mc Gill Occurrence

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Zinc
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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096657
MRDS ID W044769
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Gill Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.26542, 44.30359 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position .99 MILES S 09 W OF BM 687 SOUTHWEST OF EDWARDS NEW YORK, Within A 3000 Ft. Radius, Within A 3000 Ft. Radius

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Edwards(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.26542, 44.30359

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NE
    Dip 30 NW
    Width 1.52M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Lessee
    Owner Sprague, C. Haile
    Home office Richville, N.Y.
    First year 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CUSHING, H.P., AND NEWLAND, D.H., 1925, GEOLOGY OF THE GOUVERNEUR QUADRANGLE; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 259, P. 97

  • Deposit

    HERMANACE, H.P., AND SANFORD, R.S. 1949, INVESTIGATION OF PARKER AND WEBB ZINC DEPOSIT ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, N.Y.: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4417, P 31

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-86 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.