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O'Brien Farm Prospect

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Iron
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082199
MRDS ID W044867
Record type Site
Current site name O'Brien Farm Prospect
Alternate or previous names Little River Prospect
Related records 10082133, 10272822

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.10514, 44.49859 (WGS84)
Elevation 189
Relative position 2.24 MILES N 72 W OF BM 749 IN WEST PIERREPONT 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

West Pierrepont(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
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 68.99% FE (LEONARD, BUDDINGTON, 1964)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.10514, 44.49859
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form STRINGERS AND MASSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Hematite Is Concentrated Along The Foliation Of The Marble Along A N 40 W Joint

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the workings information

  • SHENANGO FURNACE CO SUNK TEST PITS AND DRILLED THREE DIAMOND DRILL HOLES.

Comments on development

  • IN THE WINTER OF 42-43, THE SHENANGO FURNACE CO. EXPLORED THE DEPOSIT. THE RESULT SHOWED HIGH GRADE ORE BUT ONLY A LIMITED EXTENT.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

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