Briggs Prospect

Occurrence in Franklin 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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082169
MRDS ID W044825
Record type Site
Current site name Briggs Prospect
Related records 10272805

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.22594, 44.68719 (WGS84)
Elevation 506
Relative position 2.33 MILES N 20 E OF BM 1651 ON ROUTE 99

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Franklin(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Owls Head(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

Comments on the commodity information

  • HIGH TITANIUM CONTENT

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) -74.22594, 44.68719

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Strike N 55 E
    Dip 15 NW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Mrs. Henrietta Briggs
    First year 1951

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Area 0.004HA
    Length 12.19M
    Overall depth 2.44M
    Overall length 12.19M
    Overall width 3.05M

Comments on the workings information

  • A DIP NEEDLE SURVEY INDICATES LOW ATTRACTION

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. 408

  • Deposit

    POSTEL, A.W., DODSON, C.L., AND CARSWELL, L.D., 1956, GEOLOGY OF LOON LAKE QUADRANGLE, NEW YORK: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GEOLOGIC QUADRANGLE MAP GQ-63

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1985 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.