Brandy Brook Southeast 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. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  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 10082210
MRDS ID W044882
Record type Site
Current site name Brandy Brook Southeast Occurrence
Alternate or previous names Brandy Brook Tract

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -74.78985, 44.2072 (WGS84)
Elevation 457
Relative position 2.62 MILES S 64.5 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Apatite Gangue
Calcite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Scapolite Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Pyroxenite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -74.78985, 44.2072

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Length 914.4M
    Width 60.96M

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 Partially By New York State

Comments on development

  • TWO DIAMOND DRILL HOLES DRIVEN BY THE UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-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.