| Deposit ID | 10082206 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | W044875 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | West Bigelow Deposit |
| Alternate or previous names | Mineral Point Vein |
| Related records | 10272965 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -75.61099, 44.45192 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 82 |
| Relative position | 2.7 MILES S 34 W OF BM 283 IN POPE MILLS NEW YORK |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
St. Lawrence(county)
New York(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Pope Mills(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Great Lakes(hydrologic region)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | St. Lawrence |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Lead | Primary |
| Zinc Critical | Secondary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Lead | Ore |
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite |
| (1) | -75.61099, 44.45192 |
|---|
| General form | STRINGES |
|---|---|
| Width | 0.91M |
| Development status | Past Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1836 |
| Year of first production | 1839 |
| Year of last production | 1865 |
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | J. B. Morgan (1860'S) |
| Type of workings | Surface |
|---|---|
| Length | 121.92M |
| Overall depth | 30.48M |
| Overall length | 121.92M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044875 |
LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072, P 412
NEUMAN, G.L., 1952, LEAD-ZINC DEPOSITS OF SOUTHWESTERN ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK: UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 4907, P. 5, FIGURE 1
NEWLAND, D.H., 1921, THE MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 223, 224, P. 141, 142
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1985 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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