International Talc Co 5 Mine

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodity Talc-Soapstone
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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Ownership information
  13. Workings at the site
  14. Links to other databases
  15. Bibliographic references
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090015
MRDS ID W044892
Record type Site
Current site name International Talc Co 5 Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.29626, 44.3147 (WGS84)
Elevation 219
Relative position 1.72 MILES S 82.5 W OF BM 687 SOUTHWEST OF EDWARDS 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

Edwards(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

  • MINE IS LOCATED ON THE SAME HILL AS MINE NO. 3 AND IS ABOUT 500 YDS DISTANT FROM IT.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Talc-Soapstone Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Metanorthosite and anorthositic gneiss

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSE
    Width 91.44M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1895

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner International Talc Co.
    First year 1962
  • Type Owner
    Owner International Talc Co. , Gouvernor
    First year 1962

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Overall depth 76.2M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • IN 1895, 2 LEVELS WERE OPERATED. THE MINE WAS ABANDONED AND THEN REJOINED AT ITS LOWEST LEVEL FROM THE NO. 4 MINE ON ITS 6TH LEVEL.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-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.