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White Crystal Dolomite Deposits

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Marble, Dimension
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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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082145
MRDS ID W044792
Record type Site
Current site name White Crystal Dolomite Deposits

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.46959, 44.3797 (WGS84)
Elevation 145
Relative position .68 MILES N 63 E OF BM 421 SOUTH OF PEABODY BRIDGE IN THE TOWN OF GOUVERNEUR

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richville(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
Marble, Dimension Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Biotite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Diopside Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Muscovite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Tremolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.46959, 44.3797
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form BLANKET
    Strike NE
    Dip 35 NW
    Length 670.56M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner J. J. Sullivan

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.022HA
    Length 15.24M
    Overall length 15.24M
    Overall width 15.24M

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    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. 420

  • Deposit

    PRUCHA, J.J., 1953, THE WHITE CRYSTAL DOLOMITE DEPOSIT NEAR GOUVERNEUR, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE SCIENCE SERVICE REPORT OF INVESTIGATION NO. 9, P

Reporter information

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

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