Cole Mine

Past Producer in St. Lawrence county in New York, United States with commodities Sulfur-Pyrite, Graphite
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. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Workings at the site
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. General comments
  18. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10106337
MRDS ID W044752
Record type Site
Current site name Cole Mine
Alternate or previous names America Mine
Related records 10200112

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.39598, 44.38442 (WGS84)
Elevation 144
Relative position .12 MILES N 69 E OF BM 474 ON THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD TRACKS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Richville(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

  • THE ABANDONED MINE WORKINGS ARE ALONG THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD TRACKS ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GOUVERNEUR VILLAGE.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Sulfur-Pyrite Primary
Graphite Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Graphite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 25.% S (PRUCHA 1957)

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) Biotite-quartz-plagioclase paragneiss

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form KNOTS, STRINGERS, CLUMPS, AND LENSES
    Strike N 45 DEGREES W
    Dip 30 DEGREES NE
    Thickness 5.49M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1885
Year of first production 1883
Year of last production 1921

Mining district

District name Gouverneur

Land status

Ownership category Private

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner New York Pyritesco., Inc
    First year 1921
  • Type Owner
    Owner New York Pyritesco., Inc
    First year 1917

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.079HA
    Overall depth 68.58M
    Overall length 45.72M
    Overall width 18.29M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVEN PROSPECT PITS, TWO INCLINED SHAFTS SUNK AT A ANGLE OF 26 DEGREES, TWO SHAFTS SEPERATED BY 15 FT OF SILEOUS ROCK

Comments on development

  • FORMERLY OWNED BY ADIRONDACK PYRITE CO (1883), THEN BY THE AMERICAN PYRITES CO (1905), LEASED TO ST LAWRENCE PYRITES CO (1907) THEN BY HINCKLEY FIBER CO, OF HINCKLEY, N.Y. (1913)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THE VEIN MATERIAL HAS A DISTINCT SHEETED STRUCTURE. FOUR DISTINCT PYRITE VEINS SEPERATED BY THINNER BANDS OF FINE GRAINED CHLORITIC SCHIST
Deposit LOCATED ON FARM OF J. FRANK COLE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Deposit Discovery Year: 1880'S

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1985 Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) New York State Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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