Downing Prospect

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Lead
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 10082196
MRDS ID W044862
Record type Site
Current site name Downing Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.53988, 44.42165 (WGS84)
Elevation 116
Relative position .57 MILES S 08 W OF BM 378 IN PIERCES CORNER NEW YORK

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Pope Mills(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
Lead Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.53988, 44.42165

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1910

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Donovan, J. H.
    First year 1907

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Length 30.48M
    Overall depth 6.1M
    Overall length 30.48M

Comments on the workings information

  • A SHAFT WAS SUNK TO 50 FT DEPTH

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JAN-1986 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.