White Prospect

Occurrence in Jefferson 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. Host and associated rocks
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082079
MRDS ID W044672
Record type Site
Current site name White Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.59543, 44.2297 (WGS84)
Elevation 154
Relative position 2.25 MILES N 23 E OF BM 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
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.59543, 44.2297

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1848

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL SMALL TRENCHES WERE MADE TO EXPLORE THE ORE.

Comments on development

  • IT WAS EXPLORED BY SEVERAL SMALL TRENCHES WHEN IT WAS OWNED BY GEORGE PARISH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, P. 46-49

  • Deposit

    SMOCK, J.C., 1889, IRON MINES AND IRON ORE DISTRICTS IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 7, P. 45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1986 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.