Dickson Prospect

Occurrence in Jefferson county in New York, United States with commodity Sulfur-Pyrite
Sections on this page
  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082074
MRDS ID W044666
Record type Site
Current site name Dickson Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.60071, 44.22331 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
Relative position 1.65 MILES N 23.5 E OFBM 545 IN ANTWERP NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Jefferson(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Antwerp(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Gouverneur(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Great Lakes(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Fort Drum(Army Training Installation)

Army Training Installation ARMY(Type of land area)

ARMY(Federal land areas administered by ARMY)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States New York Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chlorite Gangue
Graphite Gangue

Analytical data

Result 24.8% S (PRUCHA, 1957)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.60071, 44.22331

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 30-35 E
    Dip 25-42 NW
    Thickness 1.52M
    Length 73.15M
    Width 12.19M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SHALLOW PROSPECT PITS AND A COUPLE OF INCLINED SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • EXPLORATORY WORK DONE IN 1918

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.