Fern Anomaly

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. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10175332
MRDS ID W044850
MAS/MILS ID 0360890036
Record type Site
Current site name Fern Anomaly
Related records 10082186

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.86737, 44.28108 (WGS84)
Elevation 459
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

St. Lawrence(county)

New York(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Brother Ponds(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Tupper Lake(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 Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -74.86737, 44.28108

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1945

Comments on exploration

  • IN 1945 AN AEROMAGNETIC SURVEY DISCOVERED THIS ANOMALY WHICH ABOUT NORTH 30 DEG.WEST AND IS ABOUT 550 FT.LONG WITH A MAXI WIDTH OF ABOUT 300 FT. THE MAGNETITE BODY IS PRESUMABLY SMAL

Mining district

District name St. Lawrence County

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Fee Ownership
Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-NOV-83 Eastern Field Operations Center (EFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.