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Rossie Prospect

Occurrence in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Graphite
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  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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090005
MRDS ID W044790
Record type Site
Current site name Rossie Prospect
Related records 10174995

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.66071, 44.3372 (WGS84)
Elevation 107
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position 3.53 MILES N 21 W OF BM 349 IN OXBOW 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

Muskellunge Lake(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

Comments on the location information

  • 3 MILES SOUTH OF ROSSIE

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Graphite Critical Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.66071, 44.3372
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of last production 1942

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner St. Lawrence Graphite Co.
    First year 1940

Comments on the workings information

  • OPEN PIT OPERATION

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ALLING, H.L., 1918, THE ADIRONDACK GRAPHITE DEPOSITS: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 1998 P 112

  • Deposit

    BUDDINGTON, A.F., GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE HAMMOND, ANTWERP, AND LOWVILLE QUADRANGLES: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 296, P 217

  • Deposit

    LUEDKE, E.M., WRUCKE, C.T., AND GRAHAM, J.A., 1959, MINERAL OCCURRENCES OF NEW YORK STATE WITH SELECTED REFERENCES TO EACH LOCALITY: UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1072-F, P 401

  • Deposit

    HARTNAGEL, C.A., AND BROUGHTON, J.G., 1951, THE MINING AND QUARRY INDUSTRIES OF NEW YORK STATE, 1937 TO 1948: NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 343, P 36, 37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TRANPORTATION PROBLEMS AND THE DIFFICULTY OF SECURING A CLEAR TITLE CAUSED THE COMPANY TO CANCEL THE LEASED. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-85 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

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