Ore Bed Mountain Prospect

Occurrence in Franklin county in New York, United States with commodity Iron

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Host and associated rocks
Nearby scientific data
Ore body information
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Land status
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10082166
MRDS ID	W044822
Record type	Site
Current site name	Ore Bed Mountain Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-74.29927, 44.62664 (WGS84)
Elevation	475
Location accuracy	1000(meters)
Relative position	2.65 MILES S 09 W OF BM 1514 ON NEW YORK ROUTE 99 SOUTHEAST OF HORSESHOE POND

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Titus(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Massena(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	Franklin

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 Associated

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
Host or associated Host

Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Host or associated	Associated
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Host or associated	Host
Rock type	Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1)	-74.29927, 44.62664	ListMap

Economic information

Ore body information

General form IRREGULAR

General form	IRREGULAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Deposit size	Small
Significant	No

Land status

Ownership category	State Park

Comments on development

AN AREA OF 72.2 ACRES WAS SURVEYED

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Mineral Resources Data System	MRDS	W044822

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1937, GEOLOGY OF THE SANTA CLARA QUADRANGLE, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 309, P. 52
Deposit

SHAUB, B.M., 1954, MAGNETIC ANOMALIES OF THE SANTA CLARA, NEW YORK QUADRANGLE: NEW YORK STATE SCIENCE SERVICE REPORT OF INVESTIGATION NO 4, P. 8

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	IRREGULAR AND VARIABLE ANOMALY SUGGESTING AN ERRATIC DISTRIBUTION OF MAGNETITE CONCENTRATION

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	01-APR-86	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.