Skate Creek Deposit

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Iron

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Mineral rights holdings
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10150975
MRDS ID	W044849
MAS/MILS ID	0360890055
Record type	Site
Current site name	Skate Creek Deposit
Related records	10082185

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-75.06288, 44.23308 (WGS84)
Elevation	357
Location accuracy	100(meters)

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	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-75.06288, 44.23308	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Underground
Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No
Discovery year	1943

Mining district

District name	St. Lawrence County

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights	Unknown

Land status

Ownership category	State Park

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0360890055
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W044849	MAS references MRDS

Bibliographic references

Deposit

USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 377, 1964, PP 177- 187.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	THERE ARE 2 PARALLEL MINERALIZED ZONES, OF WHICH THE ONE SOUTHEAST OF THE MAIN ZONE MAY BE OF ECONOMIC INTEREST. ITS DIMENSIONS 3200 FT.INDICATED STRIKE LENGTH, 41.7 FT.AVERAGE THICKNESS. ARE MODEST RESERVES OF INDICATED AND INFERRED ORE AVERAGING IRON.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	25-NOV-83	Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC)	U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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