Gouverneur #1 Talc Mine & Mill

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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. Land status
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10224078
MRDS ID W020676
MAS/MILS ID 0360899003
Record type Site
Current site name Gouverneur #1 Talc Mine & Mill
Alternate or previous names Gouverneur Talc Company
Related records 10074406

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Plant
Geographic coordinates: -75.30769, 44.25248 (WGS84)
Elevation 209
Location accuracy 5000(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

Edwards(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
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Plant (1) -75.30769, 44.25248

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Unknown
    Owner Gouverneur Talc Co., Inc.
    ID 3000611
    Year 1981

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA LIST 5-18-81

  • Deposit

    RCF LIST 10-28-81

  • Deposit

    CMS LIST 10-30-81

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-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.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 06/06/1995
MSHA mine ID3000611
Mine name (MSHA)No 1 Mine
Current operatorGouverneur Talc Company Inc
Current controller (parent)R T Vanderbilt Company Inc
Mine typeUnderground (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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