Sweet 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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10093869
MRDS ID W044869
Record type Site
Current site name Sweet Pond Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.11152, 44.30165 (WGS84)
Elevation 354
Relative position 3.41 MILES S 27 W OF BM 877 IN DEGRASSE 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

Degrasse(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.11152, 44.30165

Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Foliation Is Transected By Close Space Fractures And Microscopic Shear Zones

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 30 W
    Dip 55 SW

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • A FEW OLD TEST PITS ARE EVIDENT

Comments on development

  • M.A. HANNA CO. MADE A DETAILED DIP NEDDLE SURVEY OF THE ANOMALY AND TESTED IT BY TWO DIAMOND DRILL HOLES IN 1946

Reference information

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.