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International Talc Co Mine 4

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Land status
  14. Ownership information
  15. Workings at the site
  16. Links to other databases
  17. Bibliographic references
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106349
MRDS ID W044890
Record type Site
Current site name International Talc Co Mine 4

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.29737, 44.31581 (WGS84)
Elevation 213
Relative position 1.73 MILES S 86 W OF BM 687 SOUTHWEST OF EDWARDS NEW YORK

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Phlogopite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Eoarchean
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.29737, 44.31581
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Regional
Structure description Nw Plunging Folds

Ore body information

  • General form STRATAFORM
    Strike NE
    Dip 38-60 NW
    Plunge direction NW
    Width 76.2M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Large
Significant No
Year of first production 1877

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner International Talc Co
  • Type Owner
    Owner International Talc Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Area 0.578HA
    Length 548.64M
    Overall depth 152.4M
    Overall length 1005.84M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE MINE IS DEVELOPED BY A SHAFT INCLINED AT ABOUT 45 DEGREE WITH EACH LEVEL BEING APPROXIAMATELY 40 FT APART.

Comments on development

  • IT'S ON PART OF THE ANTHONY TRACT WHICH WAS FIRST MINED IN 1877

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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