Cheney Pond Deposit

Occurrence in Essex county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096660
MRDS ID W044916
Record type Site
Current site name Cheney Pond Deposit
Related records 10175785

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.08427, 44.04442 (WGS84)
Elevation 646
Relative position 1.34 MILES N 85 W OF BM 1728 IN TAHAWAS, NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Essex(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Adams(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tupper Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic accounting unit)

Upper Hudson(hydrologic subregion)

Mid Atlantic(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Essex

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Gabbro
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.08427, 44.04442

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner N. L. Industries Inc
    First year 1986

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AVENIUS, R.G., PETROLOGY OF CHENEY POND AREA, MASTERS, 1948, SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY

  • Deposit

    GROSS, S.O., 1968, TITANIFEROUS ORES OF THE SANFORD LAKE DISTRICT, NEW YORK: IN ORE DEPOSITS OF THE UNITED STATES, 1933-1967 (GRATON-SALES VOLUME), VOL. 1, AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF MINING, METALLURGY, AND PETROLEUM ENGINEERS, N.Y., P 140-153

  • 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. 407

  • Deposit

    STEPHENSON, R.C., 1945, TITANEFEROUS MAGNETITE DEPOSITS OF THE LAKE SANFORD AREA, NEW YORK NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 340, P 48-56

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 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.