Mc Collum Farm Prospect

Occurrence in St. Lawrence 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Geologic structures
  10. Ore body information
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. General comments
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082201
MRDS ID W044870
Record type Site
Current site name Mc Collum Farm Prospect
Related records 10248379

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.05097, 44.50359 (WGS84)
Elevation 232
Relative position 4.34 MILES S 49 E OF BM 430 IN BRICK CHAPEL, 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

Pierrepont(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Ogdensburg(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
Barite Gangue
Specularite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.05097, 44.50359

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Northwest Dipping Foiliation

Ore body information

  • 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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner First National Bank Of Canton, N. Y.
    First year 1960

Comments on the workings information

  • FOUR TEST PITS SUNK.

Comments on development

  • IN 1936, A CANADIAN FIRM PUT DOWN A NUMBER OF DRILL HOLES AND TWO YEARS LATER LONG AND CAULFIELD DRILLED TWO VERTICAL HOLES ON THE DEPOSIT.

Reference information

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ERRATIC DISTRIBUTION AND SHALLOW DEPOSITS

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-DEC-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.