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Benson Mine and Mill

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodities Iron, Titanium, Metal
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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. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Reserves and resources
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10105946
MRDS ID W020680
Record type Site
Current site name Benson Mine and Mill
Related records 10199557

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.00597, 44.17859 (WGS84)
Elevation 497

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Oswegatchie(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
Iron Primary
Titanium, Metal Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Biotite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Sillimanite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Rock unit name Grenville Gneiss
    Rock description Grenville Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.00597, 44.17859
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form TABULAR
    Strike N60E
    Dip 084W

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Folding

Comments on the geologic information

  • WT-PCTS FELDSPAR 40, QUARTZ 30, HORNEBLENDE 10, SILLIMANITE 4, BIOTITE 7.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of last production 1978

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Benson Mines Inc.
  • Type Owner
    Owner Benson Mines Inc. Et Al

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1974
    Total resources 203200000000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Iron Fe 23.5 wt-pct Iron Major 1974

Comments on development

  • PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN 1978. RECLAMATION UNDERWAY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MESA INSPECTORS

  • Deposit

    FROM 1975 EMJ DIR-ORE CAPACITY 20000 TPD, CONC FEED CAP 17000 TPD,

  • Deposit

    AGGLOM PLT ANNUAAL CAP 1.35 MILLION TONS. FROM 1974 MESA EMP. DATA

  • Deposit

    MINE 94 MEN, MILL 322 MEN.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AVERAGE DIMENSIONS OF MINERALIZATION (IN METERS): DEPTH 0, LENGTH 4000, WIDTH 350, THICKNESS 125.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1975 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines
Updater 01-OCT-1981 Sutphin, David M. U.S. Geological Survey

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