Brandy Brook Anomaly

Occurrence 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10224279
MAS/MILS ID 0360890026
Record type Site
Current site name Brandy Brook Anomaly

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.81487, 44.21888 (WGS84)
Elevation 489
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

Cranberry Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tupper Lake(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) -74.81487, 44.21888

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1944

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

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Newton Falls Paper Mill, Inc.
    Home office Newton Falls, Ny
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner Shenango Furnace Co.
    Year 1976
  • Type Owner
    Owner State Of New York
    Home office New York
    Year 1976

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 377, 1964, PP 96- 101.

  • Deposit

    FROM 1975 EMJ JOUR., EMPL. 100, 1 TO 10 MILLION TONS ORE, FE

  • Deposit

    CAPACITY 5000 TPD.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NOTE- THIS MAGNETIC ANOMALY EXTENDS ABOUT 1/4 MILE NW OF THE LOCATION GIVEN ON REC.030, AND ABOUT 2 MILES SE OF THAT LOCATION EXPLORATION HAS INDICATED THERE MAY BE SIZABLE RESERVES.

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.