| 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: | -75.39598, 44.38442 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 144 |
| Relative position | .12 MILES N 69 E OF BM 474 ON THE NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD TRACKS |
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)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | New York | St. Lawrence |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Sulfur-Pyrite | Primary |
| Graphite Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Pyrite | Ore |
| Chlorite | Gangue |
| Feldspar | Gangue |
| Graphite | Gangue |
| Quartz | Gangue |
| Result | 25.% S (PRUCHA 1957) |
|---|
| Host or associated | Associated | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Pegmatite | ||||
| |||||
| Host or associated | Host |
|---|---|
| Rock type | Metamorphic Rock > Schist |
| (1) | Biotite-quartz-plagioclase paragneiss |
|---|
| General form | KNOTS, STRINGERS, CLUMPS, AND LENSES |
|---|---|
| Strike | N 45 DEGREES W |
| Dip | 30 DEGREES NE |
| Thickness | 5.49M |
| 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 |
| District name | Gouverneur |
|---|
| Ownership category | Private |
|---|
| Type | Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | New York Pyritesco., Inc |
| First year | 1921 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | New York Pyritesco., Inc |
| First year | 1917 |
| Type of workings | Surface/Underground |
|---|---|
| Area | 0.079HA |
| Overall depth | 68.58M |
| Overall length | 45.72M |
| Overall width | 18.29M |
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | W044752 |
BUDDINGTON, A.F., 19178 REPORT ON THE PYRITE AND PYRRHOTITE VEINS IN ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK: NEW YORK STATE DEFENSE COUNCIL BULLETIN NO. 1, PP. 30-32, MAP
PRUCHA, J.J., 1957, PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES, NEW YORK; NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 357, P
SMYTH, C.H., JR., 1912, ON THE GENESIS OF THE PYRITE DEPOSITS OF ST LAWRENCE COUNTY, NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM BULLETIN 158, PP 145-148
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 425
| 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 |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1985 | Nyahay, Richard E. (Kelly, William M.) | New York State Geological Survey |
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