| 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: | -75.60377, 44.27859 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 116 |
| Relative position | .67 MILES S 77 E OF BM 417 SOUTH OF OXBOW NEW YORK |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | Jefferson |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Primary |
| Iron, Pig Iron | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Result | (35.6% S, PYRITE), (24.1% S, PYRRHOTITE), (PRUCHA, 1957) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | -75.60377, 44.27859 |
|---|
| General form | SHEETED |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 15 E |
| Dip | 35 NW |
| Thickness | 15.24M |
| Length | 213.36M |
| Width | 21.34M |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | Gouverneur |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Overall depth | 6.1M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044677 |
BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1917, REPORT ON THE PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE VEIN IN JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN NO. 1, PP 35-37
PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, THE PYRITE DEPOSITS OF JEFFERSON AND ST LAWRENCE COUNTIES, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, PP. 39-41, PLATE 13
LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY; UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P 425
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1985 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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