Gold Hill Prospect

Occurrence in Jefferson county in New York, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Iron, Pig Iron
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. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082083
MRDS ID W044677
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Hill Prospect
Alternate or previous names Laidlaw Vein
Related records 10127048

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.60377, 44.27859 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Relative position .67 MILES S 77 E OF BM 417 SOUTH OF OXBOW 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

Natural Dam(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 Jefferson

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Iron, Pig Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue

Analytical data

Result (35.6% S, PYRITE), (24.1% S, PYRRHOTITE), (PRUCHA, 1957)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.60377, 44.27859

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form SHEETED
    Strike N 15 E
    Dip 35 NW
    Thickness 15.24M
    Length 213.36M
    Width 21.34M

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

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Overall depth 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • SHAFT SUNK IN THE SOUTHERN END AND A OPEN PIT IN THE NORTHERN END.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE BEST EXPOSURE IS 150 FT. SOUTH OF SHAFT WHERE AN OUTCROP IS 50 FT LONG AND 22 FT THICK

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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