Gouveneur #4 Mine & #3 Mill

Plant in Lewis county in New York, United States with commodity Wollastonite
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 10297337
MAS/MILS ID 0360490015
Record type Site
Current site name Gouveneur #4 Mine & #3 Mill
Alternate or previous names R.T. Vanderbilt Co.,Inc.

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -75.37879, 44.12558 (WGS84)
Elevation 253
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lewis(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Bonaparte(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 Lewis

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Wollastonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -75.37879, 44.12558

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Plant
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Plant type Beneficiation (Mill)
Plant subcategory Dry

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Gouveneur Talcco., Inc
    ID 3002245
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA INSPECTION REPORT 10-16-81

  • 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)

StatusActive since 11/17/1998
MSHA mine ID3002245
Mine name (MSHA)NO. 4 MINE
Current operatorVanderbilt Minerals LLC-Gouverneur
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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