Walker Farm Deposit

Prospect in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10199916
MRDS ID W044855
MAS/MILS ID 0360890063
Record type Site
Current site name Walker Farm Deposit
Alternate or previous names Hughesville School
Related records 10082190

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.16538, 44.40388 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
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

Hermon(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) -75.16538, 44.40388

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1870

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 Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE SHENANGO FURNACE CO. DRILLED 14 TEST HOLES IN 1943, WITH DISCOURAGING RESULTS. AN AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY IN 1945 SUPPORT EVIDENCE THAT THIS MAGNETITE DEPOSIT IS TOO SMALL TO BE MINE OMICALLY

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.