Clafin School Deposit

Prospect 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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10224254
MRDS ID W044800
MAS/MILS ID 0360890030
Record type Site
Current site name Clafin School Deposit
Alternate or previous names Enslow
Related records 10082150

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -74.99238, 44.53638 (WGS84)
Elevation 242
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

Colton(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Massena(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) Amphibolite

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

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 Private

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Floyd M. Enslow
    Home office New York
    Year 1976

Comments on the production information

  • A SMALL MAGNETITE DEPOSIT WAS MINED HERE IN THE LATE 1800S.

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.