Silver Pond Occurrence

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10082203
MRDS ID W044872
Record type Site
Current site name Silver Pond Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Brandy Brook Flow Extension
Related records 10297156

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.8329, 44.2297 (WGS84)
Elevation 469
Relative position .52 MILES N 27 E OF BM 1497 IN CRANBERRY LAKE 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

Cranberry Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tupper Lake(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

Analytical data

Result 20.1% TO 36.6% FE (LEONARD, BUDDINGTON, 1964)

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.8329, 44.2297

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Anomaly Lies On The Overturned Umb Of A Syncline

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 58 W
    Dip 65-75 NE
    Thickness 9.14M
    Length 609.6M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1944
Discoverer United States Bureau Of Mines

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Emporium Forestry Co, Conifer, N. Y.

Comments on development

  • THREE DIAMOND DRILL HOLES WERE DRIVEN BY THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES

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

Beyond USGS

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