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Dickson Mine

Past Producer in Jefferson county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Ownership information
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106328
MRDS ID W044673
Record type Site
Current site name Dickson Mine
Related records 10175187

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.60099, 44.22192 (WGS84)
Elevation 160
Relative position 1.65 MILES N 24 E OF BM 545 IN ANTWERP NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antwerp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fort Drum(Army Training Installation)

Army Training Installation ARMY(Type of land area)

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Analytical data

Result 46% FE (PUTNAM, 1886)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.60099, 44.22192
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike NW
    Dip 40 SW
    Thickness 4.27M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1858
Year of last production 1910

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Old Sterling Iron And Mining Co
    First year 1910

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 48.77M
    Overall depth 36.58M
    Overall length 48.77M

Comments on development

  • FIRST IT WAS DEVELOPED BY A.P. STERLING IRON CO. IN THE MID 1870'S, THEN IT WAS AQUIRED BY THE JEFFERSON IRON CO IN 1876 THEN IT WAS OPERATED BY THE OLD STERLING IRON CO. IN 1903

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1934, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HAMMOND, ANTWERP, AND LOWVILLE QUADRANGLES: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 296, P. 197, MAP

  • Deposit

    NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P. 129

  • Deposit

    PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, P. 45-46

  • Deposit

    PUTNAM, B.T., 1886, NOTES ON SAMPLES OF IRON ORE COLLECTED IN NEW YORK, IN REPORT ON THE MINING INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, BY R. PUMPELLY: CENCUS OFFICE, 10TH UNITED STATES CENSUS, 1880, V. 15, P 142

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P. 45, MAP

  • 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. 408

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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