Green Farm Deposit

Past Producer 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. Ore body information
  9. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  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 10106347
MRDS ID W044865
Record type Site
Current site name Green Farm Deposit
Related records 10127030

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -75.1293, 44.22359 (WGS84)
Elevation 427
Relative position 1.4 MILES S 07 W OF BM 1011 JUST SE OF FINE 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

Fine(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 > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Neoproterozoic

Nearby scientific data

(1) -75.1293, 44.22359

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LINEAR
    Strike N 40 W
    Dip 20-80 SW
    Plunge 20 SSW
    Plunge direction S 15 W
    Thickness 3.66M
    Length 152.4M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Ore Follows Southwestward Plunging Folds

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Year of first production 1885
Year of last production 1888

Land status

Ownership category State

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner Magnetic Iron Ore Co.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Area 0.01HA
    Overall depth 1.83M
    Overall length 17.98M
    Overall width 6.1M

Comments on the workings information

  • THE WORKINGS CONSISTED OF SIX PITS AND 2 SHAFTS

Comments on development

  • THE DEPOSIT WAS TESTED TWICE BY DRILLING ONCE BETWEEN 1885-1890 AND AGAIN BETWEEN 1885-1890. THE DEPOSIT REGISTERED AS A ANOMALY DURING AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY DONE IN 1945

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-AUG-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.